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PREVENTION 


of 

FALLING HAIR 


By REV. CARL E. CARLBERG 


ST. PAUL, MINN. 

CARL E. CARLBERG 
PUBLISHER 




Copyright 1923 
By 

CARL E. CARLBERG 


All Rights Reserved 


JUN-1’23 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 


Page 

Preface . 5 

Contributors . S 

CHAPTER I 

The Skin 

1. Anatom}' of the Skin . 9 

2. Blood-vessels.10 

3. Lymph-vessels .11 

4. Nerves .11 

5. Muscles .12 

6. Sebaceous Glands.12 

7. Sweat-glands .12 

CHAPTER II 

The Human Hair of the White Races 

1. The Birth, or Development of the Hair .14 

2. The Gray and Whiteness of the Hair .16 

CHAPTER III 

Causes of Falling Hair 

Direct Causes .18 

1. Natural and Unnatural Falling of Hair, and 

Their Definitions .18, 19 

2. Uncleanliness .19 

3. Tight Fitting Hat .20 

4. Seborrhea (Dandruff) ...21 

5. Alopecia .22 

6. Alopecia Areata .24 

7. Tinea Tonsurans (Ringworm) .25 

8. Atrophia Pilorum Propria .26 

9. Vitiligo .27 

MENTAL DISEASES 

10. Sorrow .27 

11. Fear .28 

12. Worry .29 

CHAPTER IV 

How the Hair May Be Stopped from Falling 

Through Direct Treatment 

1. Continuous Hair Cutting .32 

2. Shampooing .34 


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3. Finger Manipulation of the Scalp .35 

4. Exercises for Diseased Hair and Scalp .36 

5. Exercises for the Unnatural Falling of Hair 37 

Through Indirect Treatment 

6. Physical Culture .38 

7. Fresh Air .41 

8. Abdominal Breathing .41 

9. Air Baths .46 

10. Sun Baths .46 

11. Sleep .52 

12. Making New Blood .54 

13. The Muscles .56 

14. Rest of the Muscles .56 

15. The Nerves .57 

16. Nerve Energy .58 

17. Rest of the Nerves .58 

18. Rest of the Brain .59 

19. Prevention of Tuberculosis .59 

20. Prevention of Sorrow .60 

21. Avoiding Fear .61 

22. Antidote for Worry .62 

23. Optimism .64 

24. Humor .65 

25. Power of Will .74 

26. Training of the Will .75 

27. Courage .75 

CHAPTER V 

Ladies’ Hair and Scalptreatment 

1. Trimming .80 

2. Singeing .81 

3. Shampooing .82 

4. Diseases .84 

CHAPTER VI 

Children’s Hair and Scalptreatment 

1. Hair Cutting .86 

2. Washing, or Shampooing .87 

3. Finger Manipulation of the Scalp .88 

Conclusion .89 


































PREFACE 

GREAT problem has been solved—the 
problem that has baffled humanity for 
ages. Scientists and physicians alike 
ied to discover some sort- of preven¬ 
tative for falling hair, but failed. Barbers, 
with their guaranteed hair waters, tonics and 
shampoos, have met with a similar result. Peo¬ 
ple have paid hundreds and thousands of dollars 
for various kinds of hair remedies, without having 
been able to stop their falling hair. Why this reve¬ 
lation should be given the writer, I do not know. 
The discovery is very simple, yet very successful 
and dependable^ The book is not intended to be a 
text-book in any particular subject, but it may be 
termed a study in hygiene and practical pathology. 

Previously to the writing of this book, I had 
worked at the barber business for thirteen years; 
studied several years in various schools of learn¬ 
ing; graduated from a theological seminary; spent 
over two years in private study of medicine, 
pathology, osteopathy, massage, etc. I therefore 
feel equal to the task set before me. I have not, 
however, become one-sided or too enthusiastic in 
any special study. I do believe, though, that all 
these kindred treatments, together with medicine, 
work for the good of humanity, and should there¬ 
fore be recommended and patronized by all the peo¬ 
ple. 

When we speak of stopping the hair from fall¬ 
ing, we do not mean that all hairs can be prevented 
from falling out. Neither do we want to stop all 



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Preface 


the hairs, even though it should be possible, be¬ 
cause that would not be natural. In several instan¬ 
ces when the patients have lost a considerable 
amount of hair, it has grown in again, and the bald 
spots have diminished through this system of ex¬ 
ercises. We do not claim to grow hair, however, 
but we fully guarantee to stop the unnatural fall¬ 
ing of the hair, if the rules laid down in this book 
are followed. 

The reason why this book was ever written 
was the fact that my own hair used to fall out very 
fast, especially the last year before I discovered 
the preventatives described in the book. I had 
tried physical culture for years; changing the mode 
of living; and all the hair tonics on the market. 
The hair came out by the combfuls just the same, 
from ten to fifteen hairs every day. I had lost about 
one-third of the hair, and it was disappearing from 
my head very rapidly. It would only have been a 
matter of a few years, and my head would have 
been as bald as a billiard ball. 

I had never used the hair tonics systematically 
or given them a fair trial, so I decided to buy a 
bottle, take it home and apply it every day. I did 
so, and as long as the tonic lasted my hair stopped 
falling; but when the bottle was empty and the 
manipulation of the scalp discontinued, the hair be¬ 
gan to fall out as before. I then purchased another 
kind of tonic and followed the same procedure, with 
the same result. I bought two more bottles con¬ 
taining different kinds of tonics, but a few days 
after the last bottle had been used, the hair again 

began to fall out. Four kinds of the best tonics had 
thus been tried without giving any satisfaction 
whatsoever. Then I commenced to massage the 


Preface 7 

scalp dry with the balls of my fingers, and I met 
with a wonderful success. 

Many other persons have experienced the same 
success, only from following this very exercise: 
massaging the scalp. Says one of my patients: 

“The finger manipulations prescribed by you, 
have certainly done my hair a great deal of good. 
I used to get a combful every time I combed my 
hair, but it has nearly stopped coming out alto¬ 
gether. I presume that the few hairs that now 
fall out are due to the natural falling of the hair.” 

Another one says: 

“I have observed your rules regarding the fin¬ 
ger manipulations of the scalp, and I have found 
them to be very helpful and beneficial indeed. My 
hair has not only stopped falling; but it seems to 
me that it comes in thicker all the time. I have 
never tried anything that has done so much good 
to my hair, as this simple rubbing of the head and 
scalp.” 

We now wish that the rules and exercises con¬ 
tained in this book, if applied, may do for the reader 
what it has done for me and many others: namely 
stop the falling of hair and restore the body to 
health, strength and endurance. 

In the preparation of this book we have sought 
the co-operation of medical and literary men. A 
list of these contributors appears prefixed to this 
volume. Their articles are signed, giving due credit 
to their authorship. We acknowledge our debt to 
our contributors, and wish to thank them for their 
splendid co-operation. 


—THE AUTHOR. 


CONTRIBUTORS TO THE BOOK 


Doctor Horace Lo Grasso, M. D. 

Superintendent, J. N. Adam, Memorial Hospital, 
Perrysbury, N. Y. 

‘‘Heliotherapy In Tuberculosis .” 

Heart’s International Library Co., Inc. N. Y. N. Y. 
“Anecdotes of the Hour.” 

Doctor Russel H. Conwell, D. D. 

Pastor Grace Baptist Church, and President and Founder of 
Temple University. Philadelphia, Pa. 

“Humor—A Physical and Mental Cure ” 

Professor Alfred J. Wingblade, M. A. 

Principal Bethel Academy, St. Paul, Minnesota. 

“The Psychology of Humor.” 

Professor H. C. Wingblade, A. B. 

Professor Bethel Academy, St. Paul, Minnesota. 

“The Psychology of Courage.” 


CHAPTER I. 

PREVENTION of FALLING HAIR 

The Skin 

We may better understand the diseases and 
treatment of the hair, if we have studied the skin 
or scalp in which it grows. We shall, therefore, in 
this chapter, describe the skin with its different 
layers, blood-vessels, lymph-vessels, nerves, mus¬ 
cles, etc. 

Anatomy of the Skin 

The skin is composed of two distinct layers: 
the epidermis or scarf-skin, and the corium, derma 
or true skin. 

The epidermis, also called cuticle, consists of 
four layers: (a) Stratum corneum, or horny layer; 

(b) stratum lucidum, or transparent or bright layer; 

(c) stra' m granulosum, or granular or grain layer; 

(d) stratum mucosum, or slimy layer. The trans¬ 
parent, or bright layer, and the small grain layer, 
are not so important as the horny and the slimy 
layers. 

The horny layer is composed of horny cells. 
The softer portion, “rete mucosum” beneath, is 
thus being protected by this layer. 

The transparent or bright layer, is formed of 
bright, rounded or elongated cells. This one is 
considered to be the foundation of the horny 
layer, and is of little importance. These cells have 
their axes arranged in a vertical manner to the 
skin surface. 


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Prevention of Falling Hair 


The granular layer consists of flattened granu¬ 
lar cells. These cells contain a tissue-building prin¬ 
ciple or protoplasm, which is also found in the hair 
and nails. 

The mucous layer is the most important, and the 
deepest layer of the epidermis. This layer contains 
the epithelial cells, which contain the skin pigment 
or coloring matter, and which give the hue to the 
skin. (Epithelium from Gr. epi, upon, and thele, 
nipple, teat.) These cells lie near the papilla of the 
corium. No blood-vessels are contained in the epi¬ 
dermis. 

The corium is composed of white fibrous tissue, 
scattered in various places with fibro-cellular tissue. 
It contains blood-vessels, nerves, lymphatics, nerve- 
corpuscles, hair, sweat—and sebaceous glands, 
muscle—and fat-cells. The corium consists of two 
layers: (1) papillary layer; (2) recticular layer. 

The papillary layer sinks into the rete or net¬ 
work. The papillae, or minute prominences, are 
supplied with blood-vessels, lymphatics (glands con¬ 
taining a colorless fluid), and nerve-corpuscles or 
minute cells. 

The recticular layer is composed of connective 
tissue. This layer sinks into the papillary layer, 
without any certain limit. The connective tissue 
fibers are differently arranged in this layer, from 
those in the papillary layer. 

Blood-Vessels , 

The surface of the corium is rough and thrown 
into a series of elevations, which are rich in capil¬ 
lary blood-vessels and nerve endings. These are 


The Skin 


11 


vascular and very sensitive. Branches which go 
forth from the deep plexus, penetrate the sweat 
and sebaceous glands, and also the hair-follicles. 
The blood in these blood-vessels gives the skin its 
reddish color. Through some emotion the blood is 
rushed to the skin and causes blushing. When 
through sickness or fear the blood is withheld, a 
pallor or paleness is noticeable on the face. 

Lymph-Vessels 

The lymph-vessels are like the roots of various 
plants in the soil, with tubes which gradually be¬ 
come larger until they finally empty into the veins. 
With the exception of one class, the lymph-vessels 
carry that colorless fluid called lymph for the pur¬ 
pose of carrying away all waste matter, thus as¬ 
sisting the blood in nourishing the body. The 
power of these vessels to absorb has often been 
illustrated by the fact that sick people have been 
kept alive and saved by the simple baths of soup, 
broth and other nutriment. 

Nerves 

There are two kinds of nerve-fibers contained in 
the skin. They are called sensory and motor 
nerves. The former carry messages to the nervous 
centers, and make reports on that part of the body 
where they are situated. The latter carry orders 
from the nervous centers to the muscles, notifying 
them when certain motions are to be made. 

An example may be given of both these messag¬ 
es. For instance, a person may come in contact with a 
hot stove or furnace, and burn his finger. Imme- 


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Prevention of Falling Hair 


diately a message is sent along the sensory nerves 
to the brain, and the mind is told of the danger. The 
mind at once sends a telegram back on the motor 
nerves to the muscle in charge of that finger to 
withdraw from the dangerous position. The mus¬ 
cle obeys and the finger is saved. 

Muscles 

There are also two kinds of muscle-fibers con¬ 
tained in the corium, namely voluntary and invol¬ 
untary. The muscles in the skin of the face are 
grooved; while smooth ones exist in the scrotum 
and in connection with the hair-follicles. 

This question has occasionally been asked, “Why 
does the hair rise or stand on the ends, when an ani¬ 
mal or human being is frightened?” The answer is 
simply this: On account of the contraction of the 
hair-muscles. These muscles are like the guy ropes of 
a tent, and are termed the erector muscles. 

Sebaceous Glands 

The whole surface of the body is covered with 
small tubes which descend into the skin. The ends 
of these tubes take the form of little glands or bags. 
These glands collect sebum or oil from the blood, 
which is used for the purpose of lubricating the 
corium, scalp and hair. The sebum keeps the hair 
and the tissues of the skin soft, and prevents them 
from wearing out too rapidly. 

Sweat-Glands 

These glands consist of simple tubes which lie 
in coils in the corium. Their purpose is to filter 


The Skin 


13 


off the perspiration from the blood. The perspir¬ 
ation consists mostly of water, with a small amount 
of vaste material. There are over three thousand 
sw. -t'glands in every square inch on the palm of 
the hand; but only four hundred to the square inch 
on the back, making a total of about 2,000,000 scat¬ 
tered all over the human body. 

In the skin, as we have seen it, the hair derives 
its life and development. 


CHAPTER II. 


THE HUMAN HAIR of THE WHITE 

RACES 

The Birth, or Development of the Hair 
There are various kinds of hair. We are, in this 
book, only 'concerned with human hair of the 
white races. And if another deduction is made, we 
will come down to the hair that covers the human 
head. 



The hair-follicle, when it 
commences to grow, adds 
one cell to the other, as a 
bricklayer lays one brick 
upon another in building 
up a wall, and in this man¬ 
ner the hair grows and is 
slowly pushed out through 
the skin outlet or the 
mouth. The neck of the 
hair has its lodgment at 
the entrance of the seba¬ 
ceous duct. The lower 
end of the follicle is called 
the bulb. 

The hair, as a whole, 
consists of a cortex or hard 
substance, which is the 
bulk of the hair, the 
medulla or marrow, and 
the cuticle, which covers 


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The Human Hair of the White Races 


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the hair. The outside portion of the hair is called 
the shaft; the part in the corium, the root. Both 
constitute the bulb, which fits over the papilla. 
Through the papilla the hair receives its nourish¬ 
ment. 

Every hair is like a tube, but it is never empty. 
It is filled in the center with medulla, a fat similar 
to that which is contained in the tubes and cells 
of the bones. Outside the hair proper are scales 
like the tiles of a roof. These scales form delicate 
lines on the hair surface. This fact may easily be 
demonstrated if you take a hair between your fin¬ 
gers and move the fingers back and forth; the hair 
will move from the bulb to the outer end. 



Hairs of Various Animals Magnified. A, Indian Bat. B, Mouse. C. Sable 

D, Human. 


The human hair varies according to age, sex, 
country and other circumstances. At birth, an in¬ 
fant generally has light hair. It usually grows 
darker and stiffer with age. The same is also true 
with eyelashes and eyebrows. The hair is supposed 
to be one of the last tissues of the body to die, and is 
often found to continue to grow after death. 













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Prevention of Falling Hair 


The Gray and Whiteness of the Hair 

The color of the hair is a race characteristic, 
and is due to minute pigment granules or the col¬ 
oring matter in the hair-bulbs. The loss of pigment 
may be general all over the scalp or it may occur 
only in certain places. The loss of pigment is us¬ 
ually permanent, although the color may change 
with the season or with some condition of health. 

The pigment granules do to the hair what paint 
does to a house. As the paint makes the color of 
the house, so the pigment makes the color of the 
hair. We are making a mistake when we speak of 
the hair as losing its natural color, and turning 
gray or white. The natural color of the hair is 
white; how, then, can it lose its natural color? The 
hair can lose its original color, however. It may 
have been black, brown, red, light, or any other 
color, and then turn gray and white; consequently, 
it will lose its original, not its natural, color. This 
may be proved in the following manner. When the 
hair begins to turn gray, the pigment granules in 
the epithelial cells dry up, and disappear. When 
these cells thus are emptied of all pigment, and no 
more is secreted, the hair has turned completely 
white. This shows plainly, that the natural color 
of the hair is white. 

The causes of gray or white hair may be traced 
back to their sources. The hair changes its original 
color on account of insufficient circulation of the 
blood in the scalp. The lessened circulation of the 
blood is again due to certain mental diseases like 
worry, fear, etc., and various physical disorders. 


The Human Hair of the White Races 17 

But there is some unknown cause yet to 
be discovered. These causes referred to, could 
easily be removed, and they are removed in many 
instances. This, however, does not restore the hair 
to its natural color. There is one theory that mas¬ 
sage of the scalp will restore the original color of 
the hair. However, this cannot be done. We may 
prove this statement in this manner: 

Massage of the scalp is nothing else than sim¬ 
ple rubbing. This rubbing might be performed sys¬ 
tematically or not. Its purpose is to stimulate the 
blood circulation, and thus assist the blood in 
carrying the proper amount of nutrition in the form 
of pigment to the epithelial cells. If this theory 
of restoring the hair of old people to its original 
color by massaging or rubbing of the scalp could be 
proved logically, why does not the beard on a man’s 
face, which is being rubbed so often for the purpose 
of shaving, turn from its gray to its original color? 
The hair of the face is composed of the same sub¬ 
stance as that of the head, and receives its nour¬ 
ishment from the some source. It is clear, there¬ 
fore, that healthy people with gray or white hair, 
can change the color of their hair only, by bleach¬ 
ing or dyeing it. 


CHAPTER III. 

CAUSES of FALLING HAIR 

Direct Causes 

The cause of the falling of your hair can easily 
be determined, if you study your case carefully 
in the light of this chapter. 

The hair of the head falls out in three different 
manners: first, natural; second, unnatural; and 
third, through uncleanliness and diseases. 

Natural Falling of Hair 

By natural falling of the hair we mean, that 
the hairs fall out leaving their root, or bulb, in the 
corium. How often this occurs, no one seems to 
know. The hair that is shed in this way, will make 
an average of from two to six hairs a day, taking 
the spring and autumn in consideration, when a 
person loses more hair than during any other sea¬ 
son of the year. These hairs fall out because they 
have served from three to five years. We should 
judge, that four years is the average life of a human 
hair. When a hair thus falls out, a new one takes 
its place. It occurs in the following manner: First, 
a new papilla is formed in the epithelial cells pro¬ 
ceeding from the derma. A new hair grows by 
forming new cells, as described in the second chap¬ 
ter. The old hair, when dead, is held mechanically 
in the follicle, until the new hair begins to grow, 
when the old one is pushed out of the sheath. Some¬ 
times the dead hairs fall out through rubbing of the 
scalp. 


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Causes of Falling Hair 


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A person with natural falling of hair need not 
fear that he ever will be bald. The hair will con¬ 
tinue to shed this way, more or less, as long as 
he lives, even though all the exercises prescribed 
in this book are followed. There are about 48 
hairs to the inch on an average human head. That 
would amount to 4,304 hairs to the square inch. 
The average head has about 140 square inches 
covered with hair. This would approximately 
amount to 606,864 hairs. One could certainly af¬ 
ford to lose' a few hairs every day, even though 
there should not appear to be any in return, and 
still have a good crop at the age of sixty or sev¬ 
enty. We know, however, that a new hair is re¬ 
placed by the old one that falls out, provided, of 
course, that it falls out in the natural way. A 
person who possesses mental, and physical health 
and strength, with good circulation of the blood in 
the scalp, should retain a thick, and healthy head 
of hair, at an old, obsolete age. 

Unnatural Falling of Hair 

The unnatural falling of hair is that kind which 
makes people bald, slowly but surely. Senility, 
and the first class of premature alopecia, namely, 
“idiopathic,” belong to the unnatural falling of hair. 
We shall, under this heading, name some of the 
causes of unnatural falling of the hair. 

Uncleanliness 

Uncleanliness is one of the many causes, which 
have a great deal to do with falling hair. Clean¬ 
liness comes next to godliness. As the body can- 


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Prevention of Falling Hair 


not be kept clean, and in a healthy condition, with¬ 
out regular baths, neither can the head, scalp, and 
the hair remain clean and healthy, without regular 
washing or shampooing. The hair must be kept 
free from dirt and filthy substances, in order that it 
may grow, thrive, and flourish. 

Tight Fitting Hat 

The wearing of a tight fitting hat prevents the 
air from entering into the hair and scalp. The 
blood is also prevented from circulating properly 
in the scalp. 

The blood is the medium through which the 
body is being nourished. How then can the hair 
live, when it does not receive the necessary nour¬ 
ishment? There are four and a half ounces of blood 
sent out by the ventricles, or cavities, at each pul¬ 
sation of the heart. That would amount to 324 
ounces in seventy-two pulsations, or a minute, or 
about 20 pounds, being 1200 pounds per hour, or 
nearly 13 tons per day. All this blood, carried 
through the heart, has been purified in the lungs, 
and, through the arteries, carried everywhere 
throughout the human body, for purposes of nu¬ 
trition. Then, if a tight hat is worn on the head 
for one hour only, the purified blood lost to the 
hair would be a considerable portion of the 1200 
pounds which circulate through the human body in 
that time. The blood thus shut up in the blood 
vessels in the scalp has given its nourishment once, 
and is weak and poor without any more nutrition. 
This indicates that the hair has been “starving” for 
one hour, and made much weaker. The food from 


Causes of Falling Hair 


21 


the blood is carried into the epithelial cells, and 
thence into the hair-cells, which is the hair proper. 
Feed your hair by wearing a loose fitting hat! 

Seborrhea (Dandruff). 

There are several forms of Seborrhea. Two of 
them are more distinct and are called “seborrhea 
oleosa,” and “seborrhea sicca.” 

“Seborrhea Oleosa” is that form which is char¬ 
acterized by an excessive flow of sebum. The sebum 
makes the hair very greasy and sticky, and some¬ 
times the hair becomes matted and sticks together. 
If the hair and scalp are not washed regularly, a 
disagreeable odor may arise from the scalp. 

“Seborrhea Sicca” is the other form which ap¬ 
pears upon the face as well as upon the scalp. When 
it is found upon the scalp it is called dandruff. 

Dandruff has been the object of various theories. 
One theory is that dandruff is a disorder which oc¬ 
curs in the sebaceous or fat producing glands, dhar- 
acterized by an increased, decreased or altered se¬ 
cretion of sebum. The sebum thus secreted, may 
form crust and scales upon the scalp. 

Another theory is held that dandruff is a func¬ 
tional disease of the sebaceous glands, which takes 
the form of an excessive and perhaps abnormal se¬ 
cretion of sebaceous matter, appearing upon the 
skin as an oily coating or scales. 

However, this is only half of the truth. If the 
sebum or fluid secreted by the sebaceous glands, 
could be gathered together in such a large quantity, 
that it could be used to lubricate an automobile, 
would that sebum or oil form dandruff in the ma- 


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Prevention of Falling Hair 


chinery of the automobile? Or if it were possible to 
collect a quantity of sebum so great that, it would 
be sufficient to oil the big machinery in a factory 
or in a huge steamer, where the oil flows freely 
from one year to another, would there ever appear 
any dandruff in, upon, or under these monster ma¬ 
chines? No! Never! 

It is impossible to stop the body from wearing 
out, and the powder-like substance (old skin) which 
rolls off the scalp and body is replaced by new 
skin in the form of tissues. If the secretion of 
sebum is not sufficient, or altogether stopped, there 
will be very little dandruff, if any at all. The 
dead tissues may be combed, or brushed from the 
scalp dry, and when collected, they look like 
a rough,* or coarse powder. This substance 
alone will never form dandruff. But to¬ 
gether with the sebum, these worn out tissues will 
form one of the deadliest diseases of the hair. The 
crust lies so tight on the scalp, that the air is pre¬ 
vented from entering into the bulb, or tissue, thus 
draining the sebaceous glands, robbing the hair of 
its food, and causing it to split, break off, or fall 
out. Dandruff is, therefore, a pigmentary disease 
caused by an excess of sebum secreted by the 
sebaceous glands, which, together with the worn 
out tissues of the scalp, form small, thin layers, or 
scales. This is what the dandruff is composed of, 
and nothing else. 

Alopecia 

Alopecia is a hair disease which usually causes 
the hair to fall out in patches, but sometimes it 


Causes of Falling Hair 


23 


causes complete baldness. Occasionally the disease 
causes the nails to fall off. The disease may be 
divided into three classes: congenital, senile and 
premature. 

Congenital alopecia consists of a thin growth 
of hair in certain localities, and sometimes all over 
the head. In severe cases the scalp may be com¬ 
pletely bald, without any fuzz upon it whatever. 
Heredity has a great deal to do with baldness of 
this kind. 

Senile alopecia comes with old age. The hair 
gradually becomes thinner, until it has disappeared 
altogether. It begins to fall in the frontal and tem¬ 
poral regions, and continues slowly up towards the 
crown. 

Premature alopecia, as the name indicates, oc¬ 
curs between the ages of eighteen and forty. This 
form may be divided into two classes: “idiopathic” 
and “symptomatic.” 

The “idiopathic” alopecia shows no sign of 
any disease, even though eight or ten hairs fall out 
every day. In the place of these falling hairs, new 
and shorter ones occur. These hairs, even though 
of a poorer quality, are formed in the epithelial 
cells and grow practically in the same way as the 
common ordinary hairs. The papillae of these hairs 
have been diseased, and this cause prevents the 
hairs from developing into a strong and healthy 
growth. A fine growth of hair may thus follow an¬ 
other still finer, until the entire scalp is bald. Some 
authors believe that this form of baldness is asso¬ 
ciated with seborrhea in some form or another. 


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Prevention of Falling Hair 


The “symptomatic” form of alopecia is the re¬ 
sult of various diseases. The hair may fall out 
very rapidly, following some kind of acute disease 
or fever. 

Alopecia Areata 

Alopecia areata occurs both upon the scalp and 
face. It consists of oval patches, which occasionally 
cause total baldness. The corium becomes soft and 
smooth, devoid of hair. The spots are usually 
white, but sometimes turn pinkish on account of an 
excessive accumulation of blood in certain parts of 
the scalp. 

This disease varies considerably in its course. 
In some cases the bald patch is developed in a 
short time; then again in other cases it may take 
a few days or weeks. Sometimes the patch in¬ 
creases in size, until the whole surface of the scalp 
is bald. When the hair begins to grow in, the bald 
surface is covered with fine, downy white hairs. 
Some of them are shed, and others are changed 
into thick, and pigmented hairs. Oftentimes these 
hairs fall right out again, and are afterward re¬ 
placed by another growth that remains. 

No money should be wasted on this or any 
other hair-disease. The writer is reminded of 
several cases of alopecia areata. One, especially, a 
man of about forty-five came in to the barber shop 
one day afflicted with this disease. One of the 
barbers tried to sell him some hair remedy and 
tonic, when another barber with whom the writer 
is well acquainted interfered and told that customer 
to save his money and seek first class medical treat- 


Causes of Falling Hair 


25 


ment, in order to get his blood and body in a good 
and healthy condition. The man took the advice 
and, after three months had elapsed, he was well 
and strong, and his hair had grown in again as 
thick as before. It also bore the original color, 
black. 

Sometimes it takes several months, and even 
many years, before a person gains sufficient 
strength to conquer this disease. It might also oc¬ 
cur at any time in life. 

Tinea Tonsurans (Ringworm) 

Ringworm is a disease attacking the whole 
body. When it occurs upon the scalp, it is due to 
small-spored cellular cryptogams or fungus. 

There are several forms of ringworm, but it 
is only necessary to describe one form here, name¬ 
ly: Tinea Tonsurans or ringworm of the scalp. 

This contagious, parasitic disease begins with 
small, reddish, scaly patches, which may appear 
upon any portion of the scalp. When the infection 
takes place, the follicles and hair-shafts are invaded 
by fungi germs. The hairs, after the infection, be¬ 
come brittle and break off about ten millimeters 
from the scalp. 

The patches are small and reddish, with gray 
scales. Some are small as a five-cent piece, and 
others as large as the palm of the hand. In some 
cases the hair becomes affected over large areas, 
and no distinct patches are visible. 

Tinea Kerion is another form of ringworm of 
the scalp. This one becomes inflamed and termin- 


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ates in pus or matter. The patches may be red or 
yellow with local dropsy. The yellow pus secreted 
flows through the hair-follicles. Itching, burning 
and pain are felt in the affected portion of the 
skin. If the matter is removed, a ringworm may be 
cured sooner, but care should be exercised, so that 
the hair-follicles are not destroyed. That would 
leave a person permanently bald. 

Miscrosporon ringworm is another kind which 
has few patches, but is quite large in size. Scales 
occur upon the corium and the hair-follicles are 
prominent. 

Trichophyton ringworm is still another form, 
with smaller patches, but greater in number. No 
scales appear upon the scalp in this form of ring¬ 
worm. The hair usually breaks off near the scalp, 
and the stumps thus left are brittle and dry. This 
form is due to an insufficient supply of sebum in 
the scalp. 

Atrophia Pilorum Propria 

This form of disease may be divided into two 
distinct classes: “Symptomatic” and “Idiopathic”. 
The most characteristic feature of this disease is 
splitting. 

The symptoms of the former are the same which 
take place in seborrhea, ringworm, phthisis, syphi¬ 
lis and in various fevers. 

The latter form or “idiopathic,” may be char¬ 
acterized by the following affections: 

The splitting and breaking off of hairs are the 
chief symptoms of this form. The split hairs occur 


Causes of Falling Hair 


27 


mostly upon the female scalp, where they spread 
apart or curl up. Sometimes they split into three 
or four stalks all the way down to the hair-bulb. 
Then they break off and fall out, and often ruin the 
bulb itself. 

Vitiligo 

Vitiligo is a pigmentary disease characterized 
by light-colored patches, appearing upon the head 
and body. These patches may develop fast or slow. 
Sometimes they are covered with hair which usual¬ 
ly turns white. On account of the heat in the sum¬ 
mer months, the pigment increases and disfigures 
the corium around the patches where the hair still 
retains its original color. 

The progress of the disease is very slow, and 
first after a number of years may become visible to 
the eye. There are cases known where the greater 
part of the body has been affected. 

Vitiligo is due to nervousness or a nervous 
breakdown, which again may cause other physical 
disorders. It may last throughout life, if proper 
physical and mental treatment is not obtained in 
time. 

MENTAL DISEASES 
Sorrow 

Sorrow produces a condition of the body con¬ 
trary to that produced by joy. Sadness depresses 
the bodily functions, and the muscular system be¬ 
comes relaxed and weakened. A sorrowful person 
always seems to be exhausted or fatigued. Often 
a person of this sort is sighing, and that shows 


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Prevention of Falling Hair 


Nature’s effort to make up the loss of oxygen re¬ 
sulting from the chest’s decreased activity. We 
often hear of a person “weighed down with sorrow,” 
and this expression certainly is a physiological con¬ 
clusion. Sorrow also effects the internal organs. 

Even the sorrowful mother starves her babe on 
account of a depressed mental condition. Her life 
seems to be dried up, or sapped out, and her feel¬ 
ing is chilled or benumbed, and the mental faculties 
dulled. In this manner the whole body withers un¬ 
der the great influence of sorrow and grief. 

Sorrow of long standing leads to organic 
changes; for instance, atrophy of the kidneys. 

Fear 

Fear is apprehension, misgiving, solicitude, 
timidity, trepidation, anxiety, awe, dismay, conster¬ 
nation, alarm, dread, reverence and veneration. In 
other words, fear is a painful emotion caused by 
an expectation of evil or danger. 

Fear produces a weakening and, occasionally, a 
complete paralysis of the muscles. The blood-ves¬ 
sels also contract, and this is clearly shown by the 
increase of the heart beat and, sometimes, by ac¬ 
companied chill. The sympathetic nerves also re¬ 
ceive a powerful impression, which causes the pupils 
of the eyes to dilate. Fear (terror) has sometimes 
caused paralysis, insanity, or death. 

Whenever a person fears some danger or be¬ 
comes affrighted, something is sure to happen to 
the hair. It will either begin to fall out, or turn 
gray or white. There are many instances where the 


Causes of Falling Hair 


29 


hair has turned gray over night, or in a very short 
time. Take the case of the man who walked in a 
tunnel, not thinking of any danger before he heard 
the coming of a fast train which was just approach¬ 
ing the curb and turning into the same tunnel. 
Frightened almost to insanity, he began to run out 
of the tunnel with all his might and when he had 
reached the end, he threw himself on the embank¬ 
ment, as the speeding train passed by without 
touching him. Here he lay for several hours, and 
when he revived and went home, he found, to his 
great surprise, that his hair had turned completely 
white. 

There are also other well known incidents that 
may be mentioned; for example, the cases of Marie 
Antoinette and Sir Thomas More. This un-willed 
fear will come very suddenly and cannot be avoid¬ 
ed, but the self-willed fear is the kind we can and 
ought to avoid. 

Worry 

Worry is a mental disease which rapidly ex¬ 
hausts the nerve centers. Depressing emotions are 
far more harmful to nerve centers, than is healthy 
and sharp brain-work. Hard mental work com¬ 
bined with worry and anxiety ruins the nerve cen¬ 
ters, and exhausts their stores of energy. It is not 
only the work itself that does the harm, but the 
cross-fire, the short-circuit, the disturbed emotions, 
all work in harmony to prevent the brain from re¬ 
pairing its losses. 


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Prevention of Falling Hair 


We can get through with a great amount of 
work if we do it quietly and in a methodical man¬ 
ner. Some people want to accomplish their tasks 
in the fewest possible minutes, and they worry 
themselves and everyone else in the attempt. A 
person whose mind is addicted to worry is always 
looking for the worst to happen. 

Of all the real troubles in life, there are none 
so destructive to body and mind, as the imaginary 
ones. The troubles we are looking for hardly ever 
come. The man who is always thinking of the dan¬ 
ger of colliding with some pedestrian in a street 
crossing may be sure to be run down by an auto¬ 
mobile. Then again if this accident occurs, and 
he is not killed, he will be thinking of automobiles, 
and he will be almost certain to run up against 
some pedestrian. People who are always worrying 
about the future, and all the ills and diseases that 
may possibly come, are inviting troubles. 

Worry is also causing neurasthenia or physical 
sickness. This state of the nervous system alters 
the blood-circulation, and causes the feeling of ill¬ 
ness. Such people feel chilly or burning hot; still 
their temperatures may be normal. They continue 
to worry and feel certain that they are going to be 
sick, and the dread of their imagination further ag¬ 
gravates their nervous condition, and finally they 
become sick. Physical sickness is thus brought on 
with a poisonous blood, which is the cause of a 
sick body, and a sick body is the cause of falling 
hair. Hence worry is one of the many causes of 


Causes of Falling Hair 


31 


falling hair, and there are millions of men in the 
world today, who have lost their hair through worry. 

This mental disease is also the cause of more 
unhappiness, sorrow and death, than all the other 
skin and scalp diseases added together. Business 
enterprises, large or small, have “gone to the wall,” 
and many of their owners have suffered an early 
death. Hospitals and insane asylums throughout 
the world are filled with mental patients, whose 
minds have become diseased through this fearful 
habit. 


CHAPTER IV. 


HOW the HAIR MAY BE STOPPED 
from FALLING 

THROUGH DIRECT TREATMENT. 

Continuous Hair Cutting 

Continuous cutting of the hair has a splendid 
effect. The oftener it is cut, the stronger and 
healthier it will become. The hair should therefore 
be cut every two weeks, or at least once a month. 

For the benefit of those who would like to 
know the various styles and names of hair-cuts, the 
following table may serve the purpose. Nine of 
these are named as follows: 

Short Pompadour—This is an old style hair 
cut, but one that is still in vogue. A pair of clip¬ 
pers are used on the sides and back. The hair 
should be wet slightly and brushed straight back, 
cut with a pair of shears on top, and left about one 
inch, or one and a half inch long. 

Long Pompadour—In this form of a hair cut, 
the clippers are used in the back, and sometimes 
on the sides, the hair being combed back or parted 
in the center, trimmed, and left as long as desirable. 

Quarter Crown—In this mode the clippers are 
used a little around the edges. The hair is after¬ 
ward tapered up with a pair of shears. 

Half Crown—The clippers are being used half 
way up towards the crown all around the head. 
The hair is then cut and trimmed with the shears, 
as* in a quarter crown cut. 


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How the Hair May Be Stopped from Falling 33 

Full Crown—This style requires the clippers to 
be used clear up to the crown in the back of the 
head, and on the sides all the way up to the tem¬ 
ples. It may be trimmed afterwards in the usual 
manner. In the Crown hair cuts the neck may be 
shaved around or straight down. 

Medium Business Hair Cut—This form is the 
most common for a middle-age business man. The 
hair is cut medium all over the head. The neck may 
be shaved around, or straight down on the sides. It 
all depends upon taste, or perception. 

Feather Edge, or Military Style—This one is 
the most common hair cut today. In this form the 
clippers are used in the back, and occasionally on 
the sides. Then the hair is being tapered with the 
shears, as in a crown cut. The neck is always 
shaved straight down on the sides. 

College Hair Cut—A false crown is made with 
the comb in the center of the head, and the hair 
is combed evenly in all directions. Then it is trim¬ 
med around the edges with the shears, leaving it 
as long as possible on top. The neck is shaved 
around. 

High Brow Hair Cut—This style is the latest, 
and so new that it has not yet been “christened” 
and received its stable name. High Brow hair cut, 
we should think, would be a name just as good as 
any, and we will call it so, until some other and 
better name is inaugurated. 

In this style the clippers are used a little on 
the back of the neck only. All the hair may be 
combed straight back, as in a long pompadour, but 


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Prevention of Falling Hair 


left much longer both in the back and on the sides. 
The shears are used around the edges, sides and 
back. The neck is not shaved around, neither 
straight down on the sides, but straight across. 
This .leaves small rounded-off corners on both sides 
of the neck. The hair is otherwise finished in the 
usual manner. 

These are the hair cuts which your barber 
should know the names of and know how to cut, 
and if he is a graduate of Moler Barber College, he 

certainly does. 

Shampooing 

A good shampoo once every week is necessary, 
in order to keep the hairs separate, and the scalp 
clean from dust and dandruff. A soap which is 
free from alkali should be used, or if in liquid form 
it should be of good quality, but not necessarily ex¬ 
pensive. A fine comb may be used first with 
medium stiff teeth, to comb out the dead tissues, 
and debris. Care should be taken however, not to 
use a sharp-pointed comb in combing the hair. 

If liquid soap is used for the shampoo, apply 
that on the head first, then add water so as to make 
a foam or lather. Next rub with the balls of the 
fingers, avoiding any scratching with the nails. 
The hands are operated opposite to each other. The 
soap may be applied in the same way as the liquid, 
and the same style is followed in both forms. 

After two or three minutes of rubbing, rinse 
out in warm water, not hot enough to burn, and 
finish with cold. The cold water should not be 
applied immediately after the warm water, but 


35 


How the Hatr May Be Stopped from Falling 

should run cold gradually on the head, in order to 
avoid chilling the hair-bulbs. After the hair has 
been thoroughly rinsed, dry it well with a fan or a 
hair dryer, if one can be had, and never go out in 
the cold air, especially in the winter, with damn 
hair. 

A little pomade may be applied on the hair af¬ 
ter a shampoo, so that the hair may be combed in 
any way preferable. Some heads of hair cannot be 
combed well otherwise, owing to the strength and 
thickness of the hair. Care should be taken how¬ 
ever, that not too much pomade is used, as the 
sebaceous glands secrete an oily substance which 
serves as a lubricant to the hair and scalp. In some 
scalps, the sebum is absent altogether. In cases of 
this kind, a little pomade should be applied at least 
twice a week, in order to prevent the hair and scalp 
from becoming too dry. 

Finger Manipulation of the Scalp 

There are thousands of people who have for 
many years taken exercises similar to those de¬ 
scribed in this book, except this very thing: finger 
manipulation of the scalp. All the other exercises 
combined, no matter how necessary they are in 
building up muscles and tissues, and in making 
new blood for the body, can be no more beneficial, 
than head massages for the purpose of preserving 
and stimulating the hair. The following exercises 
are therefore of great importance and may prove 
to be of great value in preserving the hair. 

In manipulating the scalp, the pressure should 
be sufficient to move the scalp thoroughly on the 


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Prevention of Falling Hair 


skull. This may be difficult in the beginning, owing 
to the tight and matted condition of the scalp. 
Sometimes the scalp is easy to move on one side 
of the head but on the other side almost fixed. In 
the latter case, friction should begin by using the 
entire surface of both hands, working them to¬ 
gether. After some practice in this manner, manip¬ 
ulate with the cushions of all fingers of both hands, 
working slowly in circles from occiput or the back 
portion, to the forehead. The manipulation should 
be done most vigorously on the crown, as this is 
the weakest part of the scalp. Sometimes the 
manipulations are given to induce sleep. If that be 
the case, the patient should be in bed, and the move¬ 
ments may begin at the crown and worked down¬ 
ward. 


REGIMES 

Exercise for Diseased Hair and Scalp 

Exercise No. 1.—When the hair falls out in 
patches or there is complete baldness on account of 
severe diseases, or sicknesses with fevers, which is 
often the case, it will grow again when the body has 
improved and become well. For every hair that 
falls out in this manner, a new one will return, as in 
the case of natural falling of hair. It may take two 
or three months, or longer, before the new hairs 
have grown in, and are long enough to be combed. 

There are three things which the patient should 
do in a case like this, and they are: first, cut the 
hair very short; second, keep the hair and scalp 
clean; third, manipulate the scalp dry. Then the 


How the Hair May Be Stopped from Falling 37 

hair will return after the sickness and disease have 
passed away. 

Exercises for the Unnatural Falling of Hair 

Exercise No. 1—Cut the hair short, probably 
a short pompadour. If the hair is cut in this style 
throughout life, there is no danger that a person 
will ever be bald. The exercises laid down in the 
following regimes will also be unnecessary. Most 
people prefer having the hair long, and rather take 
the exercises prescribed in this chapter. 

Exercise No. 2.—In the evening before retiring, 
sit down and manipulate the scalp with the balls of 
the fingers. Begin down at the edges of the hair, 
and manipulate up towards the occiput. Do not 
overlook any portion of the head. The time for 
this exercise is two minutes. If the hair stops fall¬ 
ing in two weeks, repeat this exercise indefinitely. 

Exercise No. 3.—If the second, exercise does 
not stop the hair from falling in two weeks, your 
hair needs special attention. Probably the seba¬ 
ceous glands are to a certain extent dried up. If 
this be the case, they do not secrete the necessary 
sebum. Take, therefore, a little pomade and **ub 
well into the hair and scalp. After this has been 
done, rest one minute. Then manipulate the scalp 
for two minutes, following the rules prescribed in 
exercise No. 2. Repeat every evening for two 
weeks. If the hair has not stopped falling out the 
third week, the fourth class of exercise is necessary. 
But if only a few hairs fall out every day, continue 
with the finger manipulations indefinitely. 



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Prevention of Falling PIair 


Exercise No- 4.—First, get the hair cut very 
short with a pair of clippers. Secondly, apply two 
hot Turkish towels, one at a time, as hot as your 
scalp can endure, in order to gain the best results. 
The towels should be folded in such a manner as 
not to hang down over the forehead. When they 
have cooled off, so that the steam has disappeared, 
heat them again and apply them the second time. 
Leave them on the head about a minute each time. 
Then take them off and apply a little pomade, and 
rub in well, leaving no part untouched. Repeat this 
scalp treatment once a day for three weeks. The 
time for finger manipulations should be at least 
three minutes each time. After three weeks have 
elapsed, the hair and scalp should be in a pretty 
good condition. If you should like to have the hair 
long again, and the same trouble should occur, you 
will be obliged to repeat these same exercises. This 
will, however, happen to a person whose case is 
very severe, and there is probably one like this in 
every thousand. After these exercises have been 
taken, it will be proper to go back to Exercise 
No. 2 . 

THROUGH INDIRECT TREATMENT 

Physical Culture 

We do not intend to describe anything new in 
the line of gymnastics. The author of Ecclesiastes 
hit it about right when he wrote, “there is no new 
thing under the sun,” and this applies also to bodily 
exercises. Our purpose is, therefore, not to tell 
you anything new, but simply to delineate a few 
short rules which will be easy, beneficial, and pleas- 


How the Hair May Be Stopped from Falling 39 

ing. These exercises are described for busy people, 
and for those who do not take regular physical cul¬ 
ture. 

Regimes 

Exercise No. 1.—First, stand on your feet, 
heels in and toes out. The muscles should be firm. 
Raise the hands even with the shoulders, touching 
them. Then reach forward, and back again. 
Straight up, and down again. Backwards, then bend 
the arms touching the armpits, then straight down. 
Put your entire strength into these exercises, and 
do them in a moderate manner. Repeat five times 
in succession. 

Exercise No. 2.—Stand erect upon your feet. 
Raise the arms over your head, bend forward as 
far as possible, then try to touch the floor with the 
finger ends. Raise up slowly, bend backward as far 
as you can without moving the feet, and then for¬ 
ward again. Repeat five times in succession. 

Exercise No. 3.—Standing on your toes, raise 
your arms above the head. Let yourself down 
slowly on bended knees. Raise up as slowly as 
you came down. Repeat five times in succession. 

Exercise No. 4.—Bend forward and place your 
hands on the mat in front, and near the toes. Throw 
the legs backward, and try to get the body as 
straight as possible. The position of the hands 
should now be beneath the shoulders, with the body 
resting on the hands and toes. Jump forward from 
the toes and bring the feet near the chest and be¬ 
tween the hands. Repeat five times, and then re- 


40 Prevention of Falling Hair 

main in this position with the legs thrown back¬ 
ward. Now bend your arms letting the body down 
to the mat, o'nly touching it with the chin. Raise 
up slowly. Repeat as many times as you can with¬ 
out tiring yourself. 

Exercise No. 5.—Stand erect, bend body for¬ 
ward. Turn around from left to right, and vice 
versa, without moving the feet. Repeat five times 
in succession. 

Exercise No. 6.—To roll forward, place the 
hands on the floor, one foot in front of the toes. 
Put the chin on the chest, and bend the neck until 
the head rests on the mat. Then push forward with 
the toes, and you will roll over and come to a 
standing position. This exercise might be a little 
difficult to accomplish at first, but after a few times 
of repetition, it will become comparatively easy. Re¬ 
peat four times in succession. 

Exercise No. 7.—Bend your knees and grasp 
the legs a little above the ankles. Hold on tight 
with the hands, as you walk on the toes. Walk 
from one end of the room to the other. Repeat 
four times in succession. 

All the muscles of the body should be exer¬ 
cised, in order that they may become strong; but 
we should not exercise so that the vital forces of 
the body are used up, and tired in muscular action. 
If we proceed in this way, the exercises may be¬ 
come more injurious than helpful. It may therefore 
be suggested, that we follow the rules and bounds 
of moderation. 


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How the Hair May Be Stopped from Falling 

Fresh Air 

The atmospheric air is composed of two sub¬ 
stances, called nitrogen and oxygen. These are 
mixed together, nitrogen supplying 79, and oxygen 
21 parts. The atmospheric air also contains a small 
quantity of watery vapor, and a very small quantity 
of carbonic acid, namely one part in 2000 parts of 
the atmosphere. If the air contained nothing but 
oxygen, the air would become too rich, and people 
would die of over stimulation. Oxygen diluted 
with nitrogen makes the air mild, yet strong and 
healthy. 

The atmosphere of the earth extends to a 
height of about 500 miles, and is bearing on every 
part of the earth’s surface with a pressure of about 
15 lbs. per square inch. Torricelli was the man, 
who first proved the atmospheric pressure, and while 
solving this problem, produced the first barometer. 
The pressure upon a human body of medium size is 
14 tons, but this pressure is being exerted equally 
internally and externally, and therefore no incon¬ 
venience is caused by it. 

Abdominal Breathing 

It is astonishing how many physical culturists 
leave out abdominal breathing in their exercises. It 
seems that they have forgotten that fresh air is 
life, and of more value to a human being than 
physical culture, and even food or drink. We 
can live many days without the latter, but we 
cannot live long without air. The oxygen of the 
atmosphere is strong, and may be called our physi¬ 
cal doctor. This doctor can, if we let him, vitalize 


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Prevention of Falling Hair 


our blood, and draw out the poison from our sys¬ 
tem. If the blood receives poor air, it starves all 
the muscle-, brain-, and nerve-cells of the body. 

It does not matter how great an athlete is in 
his field, if he is not a champion of deep breathing. 
Jack Kennedy, the champion strong man, Prof. 
Dowd, physical culturist and weight lifter, Jap, the 
wrestler, Pennell, the Hercules, Joe Gans, one time 
the light-weight champion of the world, all died of 
consumption. There are thousands of other ath¬ 
letes who have died of this contagious and dreadful 
disease. 

Compulsory abdominal breathing can cure peo¬ 
ple who suffer from tuberculosis, if begun in time. 
A child who inherited a hollow chest and consump¬ 
tive tendencies, was made well in one year through 
deep breathing. A friend of mine at Philadelphia 
told me the following true and interesting story: 

“Some years ago I was frail and emaciated, and 
threatened with death from consumption. The doc¬ 
tors had given me up as incurable, and I was left 
alone to die without any human being to help me 
restore my lost health. When I had almost given 
up hope of ever becoming well, I thought that I 
would try physical culture and deep breathing. 
After a short time only, I noticed a great improve¬ 
ment in my health, and it was not very long before 
I was completely rewarded with vigorous health. 
I give credit mostly to abdominal breathing.” 

The breathing capacity of a bird and a frog 
differs very much. When the frog with her hollow 
chest, can only take a mouthful of air at a time, the 


How the Hair May Be Stopped from Falling 43 

bird drinks it, as a thirsty person drinks a glass of 
water, and expands his chest as an officer in com¬ 
mand of a large army. It surely makes a great 
difference! The frog can only sit in the swamp 
and croak, whereas the bird can fly over the swamp, 
with its unclean waters and disease germs, into the 
very heavens, and sing his notes which are almost 
divine. I think that we would rather be birds than 
frogs. But if we expect to live a bird-life, it will be 
necessary for us to do what he does: expand the 
chest, and drink in the pure atmospheric air of 
heaven. 

REGIMES 

Exercise No. 1.—Sit down near an open win¬ 
dow. If the weather is cold, move further into the 
room, but see to it that the air is fresh and pure. 
Begin by expanding the abdomen, and take one 
long draught, and fill the ribs and chest with one 
continuous inhalation. Do not exhale immediately, 
but keep the air in the lungs for a little while, and 
thus rinse yourself out with the air, as a piece of 
clothing is rinsed in water. Send the air into all 
the streets and alleys of the lungs, and flush them 
clean from all waste, dirt, and other impurities, 
just as the streets and alleys in large cities are 
flushed and cleaned by great water-trucks. Repeat 
this exercise six times in succession, every day for 
ten days. 

Exercise No. 2.—This exercise should be taken 
after meals. Expand the abdomen first, and then 
the chest, and take one long breath, carrying the 
air to all the corners of the lungs. The inhalation 


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Prevention of Falling Hair 


should take five seconds, the breath should be held 
five seconds, and the exhalation should take the 
same amount of time. Repeat this exercise morn¬ 
ing and evening, five minutes each time for fifteen 
days. 

Exercise No. 3.—Stand erect in your room. 
Draw the shoulders back, and slowly raise the 
hands outward from your sides, up over the head, 
and at the same time fill the lungs with pure air. 
The hands should remain above the head, and the 
air in the lungs for ten seconds. The inhalation 
and exhalation, ten seconds each, should take place 
simultaneously with the raising and lowering of the 
hands. Repeat this exercise twice a day, five min¬ 
utes each time for twenty days. 

Exercise No. 4.—While walking out in the open 
air, draw the shoulders back, and take a long 
draught. It should take fifteen seconds to inhale 
this one. Then hold the breath ten seconds, and 
exhale in ten seconds. Always begin by expanding 
the abdomen first, then the chest. Repeat this ex¬ 
ercise twice a day, morning and evening, six min¬ 
utes each time for twenty-five days. 

Exercise No. 5.—We presume that the above 
exercises have been taken quite easily, and that 
your chest has been expanded considerably. We 
may therefore go a little stronger. 

Stand erect in your room. Draw the shoulders 
back, and take a long, slow, continuous inhalation. 
The hands should be raised slowly out from your 
sides, and above the head. Keep the air in the 
lungs twenty seconds. The time for inhalation and 


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How the Hair May Be Stopped from Falling 

exhalation is thirty seconds each. The same rule 
should be followed as laid down in exercise No. 3. 
Repeat this exercise once a day, seven minutes each 
day for thirty days. 

Exercise No. 6.—Take a walk around the block. 
Do not walk too fast or too slow. Take a long, 
deep breath, and fill the lungs to their last capa¬ 
city. The time for this inhalation is forty seconds. 
The breath should be held ten, and then exhaled in 
thirty seconds. This may be a little difficult to ac¬ 
complish at first, but you will soon be accustomed 
to it. If you strain yourself in doing it, cut the 
time down to suit your own breathing capacity. 
There are, however, many students who have devel¬ 
oped a capacity for inhaling and exhaling, covering 
the long time of five minutes for a complete breath. 
Repeat this exercise once a day for forty days, four 
minutes each day. 

After you have practiced the above six exer¬ 
cises, abdominal breathing should now come easy 
to you. The muscles are now strengthened, and may 
stand almost any strain put upon them. There is, 
of course, a possibility of straining the muscles of 
the chest and abdomen, but this may be avoided by 
determining your own power and endurance. No 
fixed time for exercises are now necessary, as the 
breathing will be much deeper and natural than 
when the exercises first were begun. It will be 
proper, though, to set aside a few minutes for deep 
breathing every week. You may be walking to or 
from your place of business; if on board a ship or a 
steamer, there is always an opportunity to inhale 


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the pure atmospheric air that will give a fresh flow 
of magnetic energy to the blood and nerve centers. 

Air Baths 

Fresh air should be allowed to enter the many 
pores supplied by the Creator all over the body. 
For this reason air baths are recommended. They 
can safely be taken in cold weather by closing all 
doors in the room, and opening one window, in 
order to prevent draft. Then the patient may walk 
about in the room with garments removed, swing¬ 
ing the arms or hopping and jumping. When a 
chilly sensation is felt, the patient should rub the 
skin vigorously with the hands until reaction oc¬ 
curs. Then dress, sit down on a chair, and comb 
the hair from one side of the head to the other, al¬ 
lowing the fresh air to enter all the pores of the 
scalp. This is necessary especially if the hair is 
very thick. 

During the winter, in cold climates, where the 
weather is cold, the body should be exposed only 
two or three minutes at a time. In such a case, 
the air bath may act as a sort of tonic. The prin¬ 
cipal thing is to secure a good reaction after every 
cold application. 

Sun Baths 

One of the essential objects to promote health 
is the sun. No life could ever exist on the earth, if 
it were not for the warm, and lifegiving rays of the 
sun. Sun baths are therefore very valuable in the 
upbuilding of worn tissues, the curing of tubercu¬ 
losis, and other diseases, as well as for the purpose 
of maintaining health and vigor. 


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In order that the sun cure may be as success¬ 
ful as possible, a good system should be followed. 
We know of no other doctor and physician who has 
worked out such practical rules as Doctor Horace 
Lo Grasso, M. D., Superintendent, J. N. Adam 
Memorial Hospital, Perrysburg, N. Y. Doctor Lo 
Grasso has been kind enough to permit us to re¬ 
publish the treatise on his famous sun cure treat¬ 
ment, published in the Health News, New York 
State Department of Health, December, 1921. These 
valuable rules are therefore published here, for the 
benefit of the reader. They are as follows: 

“Before commencing the treatment it is best 
that the patient be made thoroughly but gradually 
accustomed to the out-of-door life. During this 
preliminary period a record is made of the temper¬ 
ature, pulse, blood, and urine findings. Cases with 
high temperature and those showing considerable 
weakness must be watched very closely, as it may 
be necessary that the sun be given less intensely, or 
at a time of the day when it is least depressing. 

“Radiation may be carried on in bed, couch, or 
even on the floor. It should be discontinued at 
least one-half hour before meals and should not 
be resumed until an hour or more after. During 
the hot summer months it is better to give sun 
during the early and late hours, as the heat of the 
middle of the day is very depressing and is likely 
to cause reaction, such as temperature, headache, 
nausea and vertigo. 

“A very important point in the method of giv¬ 
ing sun-cure is that the feet must be exposed 


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first without regard to the site of the lesions which 
at first are kept covered and are the last to be ex¬ 
posed. 

“Care must be taken that no breeze strikes the 
body. This is an absolute requirement in cold weath¬ 
er, for a slight breeze is sufficient to chill the pa¬ 
tient—thus making sun-cure dangerous. Therefore, 
in choosing a location, it is best and almost necessary 
that it be protected from prevailing winds, and 
that the buildings be placed so as to get a southern 
and eastern exposure. Screens and wind-breaks are 
a necessity during the winter months even where 
there is natural wind protection. At present we are 
experimenting with a bed that protects the patient 
from the winds by means of a canvas on two or three 
of its sides. 

“It is best to guard the head with a linen cap, 
an umbrella or an awning at the head of the bed. 
The eyes must be shielded with colored glasses or 
with a cloth placed over them. 

“The following schedule is used at the J. N. 
Adam Memorial Hospital in giving the sun bath: 

First Day: The feet are exposed and bathed 
in the sun’s rays for five minutes, three or four 
times at hour intervals. 

Second Day: The feet are insolated ten min¬ 
utes and the legs from ankle to knee five minutes, 
three or four times at hour intervals. 

Third Day: The feet are insolated fifteen min¬ 
utes, the legs from ankle to knee ten minutes and 
the thighs five minutes, three or four times at hour 
intervals. 


How the Hair May Be Stopped from Falling 49 

Fourth Day: The insolation of the previously 
exposed parts is increased by five minutes, and the 
abdomen and lumbar region are exposed five min¬ 
utes, three or four times at hour intervals. 

Fifth Day: Again the insolation of the pre¬ 
viously exposed parts is increased by five minutes, 
and the chest and back are exposed five minutes, 
three or four times at hour intervals. 

Sixth Day: Increase the exposure by five min¬ 
utes. 

“The time of exposure is increased daily ac¬ 
cording to this ratio till three or four hours of sun 
bath is given. If the patient’s condition does not 
allow this schedule to be carried out, we insolate 
the front of the body first, and on the sixth day, or 
as soon as he can be turned conveniently, expose 
the back in accordance with the above schedule. 

“If, for any reason, during the preliminary 
treatment, the sun baths are interrupted, insolation 
should be resumed at a stage a little earlier than 
that at which it was stopped. When the rest of 
the body has been insolated and it is time to expose 
sinuses and ulcers, these should be covered with a 
wire screen to keep off flies and at the same time 
allow the sun and air to play upon the lesions. The 
only covering worn after complete insolation is a 
loin cloth. 

After each sun bath the patient may be vig¬ 
orously rubbed with spirits of camphor. If the 
skin is very sensitive, a rub with some vegetable 
oil, such as olive or cocoanut oil, may be given. 
See that the patient’s skin does not peel as this 
will retard tanning. 


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“Great care must be taken while the patient is 
becoming accustomed to the sun and during the 
formation of the first pigment, as it is at this 
time that he is likely to become too enthusiastic 
and over-expose himself. If any reaction is ob¬ 
served, such as high pulse, rise of temperature, ver¬ 
tigo, nausea, headache, or other constitutional dis¬ 
turbances the exposure must be stopped or the time 
shortened. 

“After sun baths have been taken for some 
time, if weather conditions become unfavorable for 
exposure, an air bath may be given, the length of 
time depending upon the general condition and re¬ 
sisting power of the patient. During the winter 
months robust patients may be exposed to the air 
for fifteen minutes at a time without any ill effects. 
In cold weather, regardless of sun conditions, if a 
patient complains or shows signs of being chilly, 
he must be taken at once to a warm room and 
rubbed down and the treatment discontinued for the 
time being. 

“In using sun-cure on joint cases, it is consid¬ 
ered advisable to discard all casts. This has led 
many to believe that immobilization is dispensed 
with in heliotherapy. This is not the case, how¬ 
ever. On the contrary, with sun-cure immobiliza¬ 
tion is one of the requisites, and this is accom¬ 
plished by absolute rest in bed, while deformities 
are gradually reduced by posture and extension. In 
fact, it can not be too strongly emphasized that the 
Rollier method of treatment along with a specially 
devised method of fixation and extension by trac- 


How the Hair May Be Stopped from Falling 51 

tions—a combination which increases the resisting 
power of the patient, preserves or restores the nat¬ 
ural function of the joint, and prevents or corrects 
deformity. 

“The action of the sun upon the bone tissue is 
one of repair. There is a separation and painless, 
spontaneous expulsion of sequestra, and an intense 
recalcification. The effect upon ulcers and sinuses 
is one reaction as shown by the profuse discharge at 
first, followed by sloughing, the formation of 
healthy granulations and the gradual drying and 
healing of the lesion. Abscesses, as a rule, become 
calcified or are absorbed. Oftentimes they have to 
be repeatedly aspirated. Glands are gradually re¬ 
duced in their size, and when broken down, the con¬ 
tents are frequently absorbed. The effect on effu¬ 
sion, in joints, peritoneum and pleural cavity, is 
one of absorption. 

“The outstanding local result in joint disease is 
the gradual partial or complete restoration of mo¬ 
tion in the affected joint. Where in the classical 
treatment the aim is to destroy the function and 
bring about ankylosis, in heliotherapy the aim is 
to restore the full function of the joint. 

“Another point worthy of notice is the effect 
of the sun and air upon the musculature. With 
heliotherapy there is little or no atrophy of the 
muscle of the affected part. Although some of our 
patients have been in bed for three or four years, as 
the lantern slides will show, their musculature is 
that of those who have been doing physical train¬ 
ing. The favorable progress of the cure is in direct 


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proportion to the pigmentation of the skin ; in fact, 
tanning is used as an index to prognosis. 

“The promptness with which the sun treatment 
begins to take effect is very gratifying to patient 
and physician alike. Pain as a rule is alleviated 
within two weeks and before very long disappears 
entirely; high pulse and temperature gradually 
come down to normal; appetite returns; weight and 
strength increase; the blood condition improves. 
These changes are registered in the patient’s ap¬ 
pearance ; the haggard and spiritless look gives way 
to one of cheerfulness and animation. Looking at 
his entrance photograph, he can scarcely believe 
that it is a likeness of himself as he once was.” 

Thus we see the value of sun baths. Nothing 
could be added to this wonderful cure, to make it 
more valuable. Allow the sun to shine upon the 
body with all its force, and you will be convinced of 
the ability of Heliotherapy in restoring health, or 
in maintaining what you may already have: 
strength, vigor, and ambition. 

Sleep 

Sleep restores strength and health. The body 
as a whole increases during sleep, while the brain 
shrinks or diminishes in volume. The explanation 
of this fact is this that the blood flows back from 
the brain when a person sleeps. If this condition 
did not take place, the brain would not get the per¬ 
fect rest and the brain cells the necessary repair. 
When the blood thus draws back or recedes, the nu¬ 
tritive lymph supplies the cells with material, and 
simultaneously diminishes the oxygen which the 


How the Hair May Be Stopped from Falling 53 

blood has brought in contact with the brain cells. 

There are various theories concerning the phe¬ 
nomenon of sleep. One is that sleep is due to nar¬ 
cotic poison, which accumulates in the body during 
the hours a person is awake, and which diminishes 
during sleep. Then again the awakening is sup¬ 
posed to be due to a spasm-producing poison, which 
develops during sleep and causes muscular twitch¬ 
ing. Both these theories seem to be quite sane and 
believable. 

It has been observed that the first two hours 
of sleep are the most beneficial. This has been 
measured by the intensity of sound required to 
awaken the sleeper. Another observation may be 
made by pricking a sleeper in the skin with a 
needle, and thereby measuring the intensity of 
sleep. 

Any person may become subject to sleepless¬ 
ness for a longer or shorter period, on account of 
some mental or physical disorders. If these are not 
cured in time the symptoms may become intensified, 
and neurasthenia may be the consequences. If a 
neurasthenic person should experience sleepless 
nights without any improvement, insomnia may be 
the result. 

A healthy person should sleep eight hours out 
of every twenty-four, and the sleep should be 
sound. Sometimes it is rather difficult to fall 
asleep immediately after retiring, and one lies 
awake for hours thinking of physical, mental or 
spiritual things. This way of tiring the body and 
mind is very harmful, and should not be tolerated. 
It may be avoided in the following manner: 


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In the first place, avoid all bad or dreadful 
thoughts, and instead think of the good, the beauti¬ 
ful and the happy things in the world, or a bright 
and happy future. Secondly, relax all the muscles 
of the whole body, and exclude all thoughts from 
the mind. In order to do this, it will be necessary 
to employ the great faculty called WILL. After 
constant practice for some time, it may be possible 
to control, not only the mind by the will-power so 
as to exclude thoughts, but it may also be compar¬ 
atively easy to control also every other faculty of 
the body. 

Making New Blood 

The iron exists in the body of an adult in the 
haemoglobin of the red corpuscles, and in all the 
cells of other tissues. The amount contained in the 
blood is about 3 gm. And that contained in invisi¬ 
ble form in other cells has been estimated at 1 
to 3 gm. 

Most people, after reaching middle age, lack 
iron in their blood. It has been thinned out 
through various sicknesses. The red blood-corpus¬ 
cles are thus being starved, and the blood and body 
are gradually becoming weaker. 

The corpuscles are disc-shaped smooth cells 
which swim in the blood at the great number of 
30,000,000,000,000. Their duty is to carry away 
impurities from every part of the body. When dis¬ 
ease germs enter the body (and millions do every 
day) the red corpuscles attack and destroy them. 
If the blood is weak and sluggish and loaded with 
poisons, the disease germs will multiply quickly. 


How the Hair May Be Stopped from Falling 55 

Various kinds of medicines could be recom¬ 
mended for making new blood, but why not let 
nature do the work? In the olden time, when civili¬ 
zation was yet a dream, people were blessed with 
bodily and mental vigor, and weakness and starved 
blood was a thing unheard of. Why? Because 
people lived simply on what nature had prepared 
for them. They ate mostly vegetables of various 
kinds, and consequently their blood received the 
iron necessary for the upkeeping of a strong and 
healthy body. 

There are different kinds of vegetables in 
which iron is found. Take, for example, the husks 
of grain, and the peels and skins of fruits. Modern 
methods of cooking throw all these good and life- 
giving things away, whereas they should be eaten 
for the benefit of the body. 

Spinach (spinage) contains more iron than any 
other vegetable. It is sometimes eaten as salad, 
but more frequently cooked in various ways. Spin¬ 
ach is of more value in making red blood when 
eaten in its natural form. 

Apples also contain a considerable amount of 
iron. They should be eaten with the peelings or 
skins on, as a great deal of iron is contained in 
them. An apple eaten before retiring will also act 
as a laxative. 

Lentils are also known to contain iron. They 
belong to the papilionaceous division of the nat. 
order Leguminose, and are cultivated in Southern 
and Central Europe. The garden lentil is known 
by its size, and by the great quantity of mealy sub- 


56 Prevention of Falling Hair 

stance which it contains. 

The difference in iron quantity contained in 
vegetables will be seen in the following comparison. 
For example, one-half quart of spinach is equiva¬ 
lent in iron to one quart of green vegetables; and 
one quart of green vegetables is equivalent to half 
a dozen apples. 

People who have plenty of red blood, usually 
enjoy being alive, and they also accomplish great 
things. 

The Muscles 

The greater part of the flesh is collected into 
bands which are called muscles. They are fas¬ 
tened in various parts of the body, in order to pull 
in different directions. These fleshy bands or mus¬ 
cles number about five hundred. They are com¬ 
posed of various sizes, shapes and lengths, accord¬ 
ing to their specific work. They are not only pro¬ 
ducing bodily motion, but also give plumpness, 
beauty and symmetry to the form of the body. 

Rest of the Muscles 

When we are tired we should rest. This can¬ 
not be done always, but whenever the opportunity 
is offered, we should do so. When the muscles are 
in motion, they are wearing out. They must .be 
repaired, and, in order that this might be done, 
their motion must cease for a longer or shorter 
period. 

An exhausted muscle may be rested or restored 
to its normal strength by simply washing it. When 
the poison has been removed, the exhausted mus- 


How the Hair May Be Stopped from Falling 57 

cle is restored and able to do its duty. The mus¬ 
cles which are continually at work get tired and 
exhausted. The muscles which are not in motion 
are also subject to fatigue. The fatigue is supposed 
to be due to a certain poison which hinders the 
working power of the cells. If these poisons are 
removed by the blood and lymph as fast as they are 
produced, the muscles may not get tired for a long 
time. They require about ten seconds of rest to 
remove or destroy the fatigue poison. With such 
intermittent respite the muscles could be kept in 
motion for an indefinite time. This theorv is 
proven every day; when a person works hard, gets 
tired and sits down to rest for a minute, he becomes 
refreshed and continues to work as hard as ever. 

It is always best to take Nature’s advice. Any 
muscle may become exhausted, and this is Na¬ 
ture’s signal that sufficient work has been produced 
by that certain muscle for the time being. It is 
just as unwise to use an exhausted muscle after 
Nature has given the signal for rest, as it is to run 
a train over an unsafe track, or sail across the 
ocean in a ship or on a steamer, which has been 
condemned and is ready for the scrap-pile. 

The Nerves 

The nerves are composed of small cells called 
neurons. Each one is a unit of the nervous system. 
A neuron is composed of three parts: a body, 
branches or “dendrites,” and a long arm called the 
“axon.” 

A nerve cell is therefore compared to a small 
battery. In this little body is generated nerve en- 


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ergy, in the same way as a dynamo generates elec¬ 
tricity. Th axon or long arm conducts the nerve 
energy in the same manner as a wire conducts 
electricity. The dendrites or branches are receiving 
organs, which come in contact with axons of the 
other cells. 

Nerve Energy 

Nerve energy is not quite identical with elec¬ 
tricity, as some physiologists believed in the olden 
time. When electricity travels 280,000 miles a 
second, a nerve impulse travels only one hundred 
feet a minute. 

Then again, nerve energy is different from 
electricity in this respect. Electricity will travel 
on any metallic substance, whereas nerve force 
travels on nothing but nerves. If an electric wire 
is cut, it can easily be repaired, and a good contact 
is all that is necessary to insure conduction. But 
when a nerve is cut, a mere contact is not suffi¬ 
cient. It takes actual repair and restoration in or¬ 
der that the interrupted current may again be trans¬ 
mitted through that cut or disfigured nerve. 

Rest of the Nerves 

Like the muscles, the nerves also need rest. 
Too much exercise or strain will enfeeble the 
nerves to such an extent that not even sleep can 
restore their vigor. If we do not take the needed 
rest, but continue to work in this condition, the 
sleep will be broken, the exhausted nerves will be¬ 
come more weary, and the whole nervous system 
will break down. 


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Rest of the Brain 

The human brain is undoubtedly the finest in¬ 
strument ever known to man. It is composed of 
about a billion nerve cells for the purpose of mould¬ 
ing and storing up our ideas. It is very delicate 
and sensitive and must have, in order to do health¬ 
ful and forceful brain activity, a sufficient amount of 
blood, the right amount of oxygen, the proper sup¬ 
ply and the right kind of nutriment, a continual 
removal of waste products, and the necessary re¬ 
pair of worn parts by sufficient rest and sleep. 

Many new beginners (students), while inter¬ 
ested in their books, continue to study until their 
brain is so tired that it is impossible for them to 
think clearly. The tiring of the mind to such an ex¬ 
tent should be avoided. This does not only apply 
to the fine and delicate nerves of the brain, but also 
to the nerves of motion, smell, taste, sight, and the 
sympathetic system of nerves which connect the 
heart, stomach and liver. 

Prevention of Tuberculosis 
A tuberculous person may be cured by giving 
strict attention to the following rules: 

Sputum should not be expectorated on the 
ground, pavement, or into cuspidors, but in recep¬ 
tacles made for that purpose, which should after- 
ward be destroyed by fire. Eating utensils should 
be sterilized by thorough boiling. All clothing 
should be sterilized by exposure to formaldehyde gas 
for twenty-four hours. (Formaldehyde is found in 
the market as a 40 per cent solution of the gas in 
water or wood alcohol, under the trade names of 


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“formalin” and “formol.”) All meat should be freed 
from tubercle by inspection. All milk eaten or 
drunk should be pasteurized. All matter which the 
body throws off should be burned, and a 5 per cent 
carbolic acid solution, or 4 per cent chlorinated lime 
solution should be used. Plenty of fresh air should 
be admitted to rooms inhabited by human beings, 
as well as the rooms occupied by animals. Sleep 
out in the open all the year around, if possible. 
Bedrooms should not be dusted, but washed and 
cleansed with wet or moist cloths, to prevent the 
germs flying about. Live in the sun and take sun 
baths as much as possible. Study closely Doctor 
La Grasso’s sun-cure treatment; the abdominal 
breathing; and physical culture. Pay little atten¬ 
tion to altitude, longitude or latitude, because they 
have but slight influence upon the germ, although 
warm climates are recommended, as Southern Cal¬ 
ifornia and Arizona. 

Tuberculosis is the most dreadful disease to 
which man is heir. About 40 per cent of all the 
deaths in cities are due to this fatal microscopical 
germ, the “Bacillus tuberculosis.” 

Prevention of Sorrow 

A sorrowful person should ask himself the fol¬ 
lowing questions: What do I have to be sorry for? 
Are my troubles greater than those of Mr. and Mrs. 
so and so? Do I not shorten my own life by getting 
the “blues” so often? Do I not make it miserable 
for my family and friends, on account of my irrita¬ 
bility and sadness? Then, what do I gain by this 
awful state of mind? 


How the Hair May Be Stopped from Falling 61 

Then begin to read good and humorous stor¬ 
ies and books. The antidote given for worry will 
accomplish the same amount of good for a sorrow¬ 
ful person. Try to laugh as heartily as possible. 
The man who can laugh when everything goes 
wrong, is a man worth while. Think healthy and 
happy thoughts, and ‘‘trust in the Lord and take 
heart.” 

Avoiding Fear 

When fear has taken the form of terror, it is 
often too late to calm the emotions. But when 
fear is caused by common danger, present or fu¬ 
ture, it is best to exercise the will-power and im¬ 
agine that there is no such a thing as fear. 

If I fear poverty, I may fall for the temptation 
to steal. If I am a business man and fear defeat, 
I may stoop to dishonour. If I am an author and 
fear ostracism as a punishment for being original, 
I may then hide my real convictions. Or if I fear 
death when death has lost his sting, I am wronging 
myself and dying many times. We should think 
of happy and joyful people and of their enjoyment 
until the grooves in the brain cells are made deep 
and lasting. This exercise should be repeated un¬ 
til we have become masters of our own emotions. 
Afterward, put on the armor of courage, and face 
the danger like Napoleon, Garibaldi, Foch, Persh¬ 
ing and others. Then, again, get under the banner 
of the Almighty and let His power become your 
power, and you will become a real “fighting-ma¬ 
chine,” facing the worst kind of danger without fear 
or trembling, because “Pie is with you.” 


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Antidote for Worry 

Worry cannot be gotten rid of in a hurry, be¬ 
cause we have very little control over the nervous 
system. We have, however, a vast amount of in¬ 
fluence over the body and its movements. These 
react in a clear and pronounced way upon the mind. 

It is therefore advisable not to walk, think and 
speak hurriedly or jerkily. If walking is done 
quietly and deliberately, the mind will follow suit 
and settle down into a steadier groove. Speaking 
in the same deliberate fashion will have the same 
effect upon the mind. The movements of the lips 
and limbs react upon the mind to a great and sur¬ 
prising extent. 

You may or you may not agree with me in the 
following antidotes for worry, but that does not 
affect the cure. The remedy for worry which is 
most effective, is to be found in religion. The true 
Christian is a real optimist and has no room for 
pessimism, inane, or fruitless worry the end of 
which is destruction and death. 

The Bible contains an abundance of antidotes 
for worry. Here are a few of them which have 
rendered a great help to millions of worry-worn 
people: 

“In the fear of Jehovah is strong confidence; 
and his children shall have a place of refuge.” Prov. 
14: 26. 

“Casting all your anxiety upon Him, because he 
careth for you.” 1 Peter 5: 7. 

“The fear of man bringeth a snare; but whoso 
putteth his trust in Jehovah shall be safe.” Prov. 
29: 25. 


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“Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. 

“He leadeth me beside still waters. 

“He restoreth my soul. 

“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the 
shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art 
with me; thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.” 
Psalm 23. 

“Thou hast set me at large when I was in 
distress . . Thou hast put gladness in my heart 

. . . In peace will I both lay me down and sleep 
. . . for thou, Jehovah, alone makest me dwell in 
safety.” Psalm 4. 

“Unto thee, O Jehovah, do I lift up my soul, O 
my God in thee have I trusted.” Psalm 25: 1. 

“Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why 
art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God 
. . . for the help of his countenance.” Psalm 42. 

“Let not your heart be troubled: believe in 
God, believe also in me. 

“In my Father’s house are many mansions; if 
it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to 
prepare a place for you. 

“And if I go and prepare a place for you, I 
come again, and will receive you unto myself; that 
where I am, there ye may be also.” Joh. 14:1-3. 

“He that overcometh, I will make him a pillar 
in the temple of my God, and he shall go out thence 
no more: and I will write upon him the name of 
my God, and the name of the city of my God, the 
new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven 
from my God, and mine own new name.” Rev. 3: 12. 


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These beautiful passages of the scripture, if 
committed to memory, will become fixed in the 
subconscious mind and will, with their great influ¬ 
ence, serve as a powerful antidote for the worry 
habit. Faith in God the Creator of all things, 
who is able to sustain one’s life from day to day, 
keeping the heart beating, the lungs acting, the brain 
working, the muscles contracting, and all the pro¬ 
cesses of the body in good working order, certainly 
has a marvelous effect in keeping the mind calm 
and evenly balanced. The belief and trust in the 
Supernatural Being, who has all life and power in 
His hand, has a greater and more effective means 
of casting out fear and worry, than any form of 
hypnotism or substitute for Christian faith. 

Optimism 

If pessimism is the cause of unhappiness, sick¬ 
ness and a short life, then optimism is the cause of 
happiness and a long life. No person can be an 
optimist and be unhappy at the same time. He may 
have his “ups’’ and “downs/’ but smiles just the 
same, looks hopefully into the future, climbs over 
all obstacles, and in spite of all difficulties makes 
a success in the end. 

When some great accomplishment is going to 
be performed, we look to the optimist to do it. If 
council or advice is needed, the optimist is again 
consulted. An optimist is therefore a genius. And 
a genius is a person who never gives up before he 
achieves his set goal. 

Optimism may be divided into two classes: 
sane and insane. The sane optimism is that kind 


How the Hair May Be Stopped from Falling 65 

which deals with people or things scientifically and 
logically. In this case the thoughts, ideas and plans 
are proven by conclusions arrived at by logical 
reasoning. 

The insane optimism is that kind which be¬ 
lieves that nothing is impossible of accomplishment. 
People who possess this mode of optimism never 
study the fundamental principles, or stop to think 
or calculate the consequences, but rush ahead to 
obtain their set goal. 

Humor 

Content is the source of happiness, and happi¬ 
ness is the source of humor. When a person is 
under the influence of joy, the small arteries and 
capillaries dilate, and the blood supply increases 
in every organ of the body. The influence caused 
upon the muscular system increases the muscles to 
greater activity, and also to greater effort and en¬ 
durance. 

Says Professor Alfred J. Wingblade, M. A., in 
describing the psychology of humor: 

“Abraham Lincoln once said that unless he 
could occasionally indulge in a humorous story he 
would die overburdened by the cares of state. 
Humor, then, has a distinct place in our lives, and 
that is to turn a man's thoughts away from himself 
and his every day problems and allow the mind to 
relax if but for a moment. A good laugh is as 
wholesome as a tonic. Many a man and many a 
woman has been cured of an ailment, imaginary or 
otherwise, by the free application of humor. 


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“Humor itself is a gift. Not every man is en¬ 
dowed therewith. To some every situation has 
only a sober appeal. They are unable to see any¬ 
thing funny in a situation that will cause others to 
split their sides with laughter. This ofttimes shows 
itself as a national characteristic as does also the 
opposite bent. The people of some nations are pro¬ 
verbially humorists while the folks residing in other 
countries are apparently quite the opposite, and can 
only see the practical in every situation. 

“To folks blessed, and possibly overblessed, 
with the gift of humor, almost any situation can 
be made to seem funny. An extreme type is the 
man who laughs at any sudden situation. Someone 
falling on the ice, or bumping up against a door, 
or a person falling backward when tilting his chair, 
are all very funny incidents to him even when the 
accident threatens life and limb. 

“But the man endowed with the proper amount 
of humor is the happiest. He can cheer things up 
with an occasional laugh. He can see the funny side 
of even a tragic situation and thus bear up and 
‘carry on.’ Humor thus gives wings to his troubles. 
It makes the rough places less rough and the com¬ 
monplace seem joyous. Such a man can laugh 
and sing when he might otherwise groan and weep. 

“True Humor does not, however, make light 
of our friends, nor hurt the feelings of the old or 
poor, nor of the young and rich, for that matter. It 
does not make the truly serious seem less so. It 
does not make us less capable of sober-minded 
work, but more so. It does not make us frivolous 


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or trivial. True humor does none of these things. 
It does, however, act as a safety valve that relieves 
and removes the strain and stress that makes less 
efficient the human machinery.” 

Many stories and anecdotes in book form may 
be obtained in any bookstore, so that only a few 
of them will be published here in this book. 

From “Anecdotes of the Hour” by Heart’s In¬ 
ternational Library Co., Inc., we may render the fol¬ 
lowing : 

“HUGH BLACK, the eminent Scottish theo¬ 
logian and author, now effectually transplanted to 
New York, relates the following: 

Tt will be remembered that the coronation 
ceremonies of Edward the VII were postponed be¬ 
cause of the king’s sudden illness, which developed 
into an attack of appendicitis. Upon the recovery 
of the king, thanksgiving services were held in 
Westminster Abbey. In the Church of England 
hymn book there is an Appendix containing hymns 
for special occasions. 

“At the conclusion of the thanksgiving ser¬ 
vices, a canon, clothed in the solid dignity of a 
churchman, arose and thus announced the closing 
hymn: 

‘Let us all join in singing hymn number 102, 
“Peace, blessed peace”— in the Appendix.’ ” 

“GEORGE F. BAKER, the all powerful ex¬ 
president of the First National Bank of New York 
City, chuckles over the dilemma of a young French¬ 
man to whom he was recently introduced. 


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“Arriving at the bank one morning, Mr. Baker 
was approached by the young foreigner with a 
peculiar question: 

‘What a polar bear?’ 

‘You mean what does a polar bear do? I don’t 
know. He often sits on the ice,’ replied Mr. Baker, 
wondering what was coming. 

‘Sits on ye ece?’ 

‘Yes,’ said Mr. Baker; ‘there is nothing else to 
sit on.’ 

‘Veil, vat he do, too?’ persisted his French 
friend. 

‘What does he also do? Why he eats fish.’ 

‘Eats feesh! Sits on ye ice and eats feesh! 
Then I not accept.’ 

‘Why, what do you mean? You don’t accept? 
What do you mean?’ asked Mr. Baker, still in the 
dark.’ 

‘Oh, non, non; I does not accept. I was invite 
to be a polar bear to a funeral.’ ” 

“JUDGE KENESAW LANDIS was trying a 
moonshine case in the days when he was new on 
the bench—before his temerity in fining the 
Standard Oil twenty-nine millions. It also oc¬ 
curred long before he accepted the position as base¬ 
ball commissioner with $42,500 per year, which has 
made him still more famous—the defendant gave 
his name as Joshua Danvers. 

‘Joshua? Are you the chap mentioned in the 
Bible, who made the sun stand still’ questioned the 
Judge. 


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‘No, Judge/ glibly replied the defendant, ‘that 
wasn’t me. I’m the chap that made the moon 
shine.’ 

Soon the revenue officer who had made the 
capture rose to give his testimony. It developed 
that his name was Daniel Wright. 

‘Well, well,’ remarked Judge Landis, ‘we seem 
to have a run on Biblical names today. Are you 
the Daniel who was in the lions’ den?’ 

‘No, sir Judge,’ roared the officer. ‘I am the 
Daniel who found the blind tiger.’ And the Judge 
stopped right there.” 

“Thomas A. Edison was asked by the manager 
of an electrical exposition to send on a phona- 
graphic cylinder some of his ideas of electrical in¬ 
terest, to be read at a meeting of many people. 

“Mr. Edison replied in a few days and the 
cylinder was arranged and the audience told that 
it was to be especially favoured by a personal mes¬ 
sage from Mr. Edison. The message was as fol¬ 
lows : 

“ ‘My Dear Sir: You have requested that I send 
a phonographic cylinder for your electrical meeting 
tonight upon which I shall say a few words of 
interest to your audience. I scarcely think the 
audience would take any interest in dry scientific 
subjects, so I will relate the story of a man. 

“ ‘This man, who had chronic liver complaint, 
came from the West to the East. He searched all 
over the country for a mineral spring to cure his ail¬ 
ment, and finally he found a sulphur spring, the 
waters of which immediately cured him. He there- 


70 Prevention of Falling Hair 

upon started a sanitarium, and many people from 
all over the world came and were cured. A few 
months ago the man died, and so powerful had been 
the action of the waters upon this man that they 
had to take his liver out and kill it with a club. 
Ever yours, Edison.’ ” 

Here is another good story told by Ex-Gover¬ 
nor Stuart of Pennsylvania at Dr. Russel H. Con- 
well’s 77th Birthday Anniversary Dinner given in 
the Baptist Temple, Philadelphia, Pa. The story 
was as follows: 

“I don’t know when I felt so out of place as 
I feel tonight. It reminds me of an incident which 
occurred to me when I was Governor on the oc¬ 
casion of being invited to Greene County to attend 
a farmers’ picnic. The farmers for miles around 
had gathered for the occasion, and were having 
games and entertainment of various sorts. It is 
an occasion when the Governor is supposed to say 
something or make an address. The farmer who 
introduced me was sitting on the stand with me, 
which was erected for the occasion, and after 
watching the festivities for some time he turned to 
me and said: 

‘Shall I introduce you now, or shall we let them 
enjoy themselves a little longer?’” 

Not only does humor delight and create hap¬ 
piness to oneself and other people, but it also re¬ 
stores sick people to their normal health, which 
Professor Alfred J. Wingblade also has related in 
his article on humor. An illustration of this fact is 
contributed to this book by Doctor Russell H. Con- 


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well, who relates an incident which occurred in a 
hospital where he was called to pray for a dying 
Scotsman. The story goes as follows: 

‘T went up to the room; the blinds were closed 
and the curtains were down. I felt around for the 
bed, and I finally sat down on a goblet of homeo¬ 
pathic medicine in my attempt to find the patient. 
W hen I finally did find him, his head was wet and 
cold, and I thought, ‘He is dead!’ I went and opened 
the windows and blinds to let in the light and air, 
and when I looked upon that face—and there are 
persons in this audience tonight who know the man 
to whom I refer very well—I saw it move, but the 
pallor of death was on it. I went back and sat 
down on the bed and tried to get him to answer 
‘Yes' and ‘No’ bv the shake of the head, but I 
could not get him to do that. I then gave him some 
stimulants by the spoonful, and whether that had 
any effect on him or not I do not know, but it does 
not affect my illustration. The fact is that I gave 
him stimulants several times. In a little while he 
showed some little intelligence, and I said to him, 
‘Did you send for the minister?’ and he shook his 
head. Then I said to him, ‘Have you any friend 
in Philadelphia?’ and he seemed to shake his head, 
to say that he had not. Then I said to him, ‘Have 
you any friends living in America?’ He shook his 
head that he had not. Then I named, England and 
France and Ireland and Scotland, and when I 
named Scotland I saw a flash come to his eyes, and 
the pallor disappeared around his mouth, and I 
said to him, ‘Are you a Scotchman?’ and he nodded 


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his head that he was. I said to him, ‘If you are a 
Scotchman and you make up your mind that you 
are going to get well, you will!’ The effect of that 
statement upon him was so great that it brought 
new life. I gave him more stimulants, and I asked 
him, ‘From what place in Scotland do you come 
from?’ I named over several, and I finally came 
to Cromarthy. I saw by the look on his face that 
I had the right place. I sat down on the foot of the 
bed, and told him the story about the people living 
in Cromarthy who went out to sea and lost their 
oars, but that did not disturb them at all. They 
put themselves ashore by turning the boat over and 
over till they reached the mainland. When I told 
him that story he laughed so heartily that I felt the 
bed shake. 

“It was not long after that, that the man tried 
to get hold of my ear, and then that dying man, 
who had sent for me to pray him into eternity, said 
that he wanted to tell me a story. I thought of 
course it would be something very religious, but I 
found that such was not the case. He told me about 
the Cromarthy woman who moved to Glasgow, and 
dying, called her husband to her bedside and said 
to him: ‘Don’t bury me with the common peo¬ 
ple ; I want to be buried with the aristocracy/ Her 
husband referred to the additional expense such a 
burial would be, ‘and’ said he, ‘ I don’t see why you 
should want to be buried there.’ ‘Well,’ said she, 
*1 could not lie still in my grave if you buried me 
with the common people.’ ‘Well,’ said her husband, 
‘we will bury you first with the common people, 


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and then if you do not lie still we will bury you 
with the aristocracy at ‘the Stravon.’ 

“By‘the time that Scotchman told me that 
story, he looked much better, the pallor had gone 
from his lips, and I said to him, ‘You are much bet¬ 
ter, aren’t you?’ And he whispered and said, ‘Yes, 
I feel better.’ I said to him, ‘Did you send for the 
preacher?’ He said he did, but added, ‘You are a 
queer preacher?’ 

“Then he told me another story, and by the 
time he had finished his second story I said to him, 
‘You are going to get well for sure.’ He said, ‘I feel 
wonderfully better.’ I said to him, ‘According to 
your faith shall it be unto you.’ 

“I went home, and the next morning I went 
to see him again, but they said he was asleep and 
I had better not disturb him. I went to see him the 
fourth day, and I found that a number of men from 
the Stetson factory, where he had worked, had 
combined to take him out in the park to ride—only 
the fourth day after I was sent for to pray him into 
eternity. 

“I came to the conclusion, after that exper¬ 
ience, that I must never go to any place to pray 
any man into eternity. I began to repent at once 
of the sin I must have committed, in frightening 
men to death, so I said: ‘Hereafter, when I go to the 
bedside of a sick man I am going to make him bet¬ 
ter if I can, and I will carry that prayerful thought 
to the extreme.’ ” 

This is only one incident in a thousand, where 
a sick person has been restored to health through 


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the great tonic of a wholesome humor. This sick 
man, no doubt, first suffered from some sort of 
mental disease, probably melancholia or worry, 
which again caused the physical sickness or break¬ 
down from which the man was suffering and dying. 
What sick people in general need, is not so much 
of drugs or medicine as a stimulant; not a face to 
look upon which is so sour, that it can turn the 
waters in the five oceans into vinegar; but a kind, 
cheerful and optimistic word—a humorous story 
that will make them forget their sickness and trou¬ 
ble and make them Laugh! Laugh! Laugh! 

Power of Will 

The WILL is necessary in order that we might 
be able to put through our ideas. It is impossible 
to do or make anything without the WILL. If I 
say that I made up my mind to do a certain thing, 
I would have to WILL in order to make up my 
mind to do it. In this case the power of WILL was 
acting, otherwise my thought would never have 
been a reality. The WILL is used in every case, 
whether I WILL do something or whether I WILL 
not. 

It is not only necessary to have a WILL of 
our own, but one that is strong. The whole body 
should be under the control of the WILL, w^hich 
should be trained in the right direction. It is there¬ 
fore of great importance that our WILL-POWER 
should be trained in accordance with the laws of 
nature. 


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Training of the Will 

First, cultivate the power of memory by trying 
to remember everything that is good and of impor¬ 
tance. Secondly, cultivate the power of imagina¬ 
tion by lawful thoughts and the building of air-cas- 
tles. Thirdly, cultivate the power of reason by de¬ 
termining right and wrong, and by deducing infer¬ 
ences from premises. These powers—called the 
perceptive powers—are of great help in training of 
the WILL. 

Physical culture also takes an important place 
in training of the WILL, and systematic exercises 
should be taken regularly with the WILL as a 
dominating power and set strong upon the exer¬ 
cises. 

Let the sub-conscious mind create great ideas 
while asleep, by thinking lofty ideas while awake, 
and WILL the conscious mind to carry them into 
action in our daily work and business enterprises. 

Courage 

Many people lack courage because they fear 
a certain person, thing, or matter. It is possible 
to cultivate the courage that fear will become a 
thing of the past. 

If we approach a person with whom we expect 
to do business, and have not the courage to believe 
that we are going to make a satisfactory transaction 
with him, we will certainly fail nine times out of 
ten, because our uncertainty and doubt in ourselves 
and the business at hand, has been told him through 
the atmospheric ether, long before our conversation 


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began. But if we approach the man with a firm 
belief, confidence and courage that we are going 
to do business with him, and that no one else in 
the world can offer him a better and saner propo¬ 
sition than we can, provided, of course, that we 
have the goods he needs, there are ten chances to 
one that we will meet with success. 

The reason why so many fail in business may 
be attributed to two things: first, they have not 
before hand scientifically and logically studied the 
circumstances attached to, or surrounding, the 
project at hand, and thus arrived at a right and 
sane conclusion. Second, they are not equal to the 
situation. In other words, they try to accomplish 
that which is impossible, and consequently the task 
is too great for them. It is right here at this point 
where the courage usually fails us. These two 
things seem to hamper the courage, as well as to 
weaken it. 

But there is still a third thing to be reckoned 
with, which will make any person courageous, and 
that is the courage that comes from God. Courage 
has therefore also to do with the heart, and thus it 
becomes a moral issue. 

In describing the psychology of courage, Pro¬ 
fessor Henry Wingblade says: 

“We have heard of men, whose spheres were 
other years, that have possessed courage. And, no 
doubt, there are persons living even today that may 
well be called courageous. 

“But courage is not a veneer. It is a heart 
matter. It has to do with the personality. It is a 


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deep-seated attribute of the very spirit of man. In 
fact, we may define courage as that dynamic of 
soul which is stronger than any external influence. 

“The boy in Treasure Island remembered 
seeing ‘the battle of looks’ between the doctor and 
the captain until finally the eyes of the captain fell. 
Courage is a strength of heart which reveals itself 
in eye, in voice, in arm, in all the manifold expres¬ 
sions of the personality. 

“The battle field is often thot of as a fit arena 
for the display of courage—or any place where 
danger and death is known to lurk. But action on 
the battle field may be only a lock-step matter, me¬ 
chanical, or it may be blind, animal fury. Just as 
a man may have his limb severed from his body 
without feeling any particular pain for the moment, 
so the rush of battle action may of itself make even 
the cowardly heart oblivious to danger, and render 
it possible for him to go forward with what might 
seem to be highest courage and greatest valor. On 
the other hand, there are, of course, scenes on the 
battle field where only true courage avails. 

“But we also speak of moral courage. Courage 
to do right at all costs. Courage that fears to do 
anything but right. T am afraid of nothing,' said 
Dante, ‘except to do wrong.’ ‘I dare do all that doth 
become a man,’ said McBeth; ‘Who dares do more, 
is none.’ But such a heart must dare to face all the 
results which might arise from right-doing, whether 
they be physical attack or (ridicule) ridicule. And 
ridicule is by far the most penetrating arrow with 
which evil can react. But the truly courageous 


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heart is so pure and abundant that it absorbs none 
of the enemy’s poison, but rather radiates strength, 
sending back, as a buckler, the venomous darts, to¬ 
gether with the beams of its own pure and virtuous 
light. 

“However, I am thinking of the type of cour¬ 
age which each of us needs, from the President 
down to the humblest worker; namely the courage 
to live clean, wholesome, helpful lives every day, 
and everywhere, and under all circumstances. Cour¬ 
age to face the seemingly insignificant task; cour¬ 
age to meet each day’s tedious but necessary rou¬ 
tine ; courage to be patient in the midst of im¬ 
patience ; courage to close the books on the evening 
of failure, and to open the books of a new day and 
of a new adventure, and say, ‘I will try again, for 
life is always alive and therefore always new and 
hopeful.’ 

“But how many have there not been that have 
wanted the strength of heart to face life’s humdrum 
duties and that have turned from the winding and 
uneven path to seek safety and rest in the abyss of 
death. On such tragic souls we invoke God’s pity. 
Then there are the doubly craven hearts, who are 
cowards not only towards life but cowards also 
towards death. Afraid to die and afraid to live, 
they find only a doubled despair as they tremble on 
the brink of both. Oh, the pathos of such lives! Is 
there hope for them? There is Hope. 

“True courage is virtue of heart which, after 
all, comes only from God. It was said of Galahad, 
‘His strength was as the strength of ten because his 


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heart was pure/ To be more than conquerors we 
must have a divine enthusiasm, a positive con¬ 
sciousness of being right, of being one with God 
thru Him that loved us. But to have this we must 
capitulate the citadel of our heart to the Prince of 
Peace, the Lion of Judah, the Strong One of Israel. 

“ ‘Behold I stand at the door and knock. If any 
man hear my voice and open the door, I will come 
in and sup with him and he with me/ ” 

Therefore, if we remember these three admoni¬ 
tions: learn all there is necessary concerning the 
work or business before us; develop our own ability 
to execute the business of whatever kind it may be; 
have a strong faith in God, which will create in us 
the courage that may be termed unconquerable— 
then we will be successful in all our undertakings. 
A man with an unconquerable courage is thus a 
man who, on his own initiative, does great things 
while the multitude stand by in mouth-stretched 
awe and marvel at his daring deeds. Develop your 
courage to its utmost capacity and you will not 
only stop your falling hair, but also become a man¬ 
power for good in the world. 


CHAPTER V. 


LADIES’ HAIR and SCALPTREATMENT 

Nothing is more appreciated and attractive 
than a good, strong, heavy head of hair. This is 
not only true of a man, but also of a woman. A 
woman never gets bald as a man does, but she 
may lose nine-tenths of her hair, leaving only one- 
tenth at the age of eighty. At this age, a woman 
may be strong and healthy otherwise and look com¬ 
paratively young, but would she not look still 
younger and more attractive, if she could at this 
age display the rich mass of hair she did have at 
thirty or forty? She would in all probability look 
twenty years younger. 

A woman’s hair is similar to that of a man ex¬ 
cept that it is much longer. It is therefore nec¬ 
essary to treat it somewhat differently from that of 
a man. Sometimes the hair grows uneven, and be¬ 
comes thin and split at the end. In order to pre¬ 
vent this the hair should first be trimmed, and af¬ 
terward singed. 

Trimming 

It is very difficult to lay down any special set 
of rules for this kind of work. The style changes 
with the time, and the rules laid down in this book 
would soon become too old. The rules for trim¬ 
ming split and uneven hair might continue un¬ 
changed ; however, and a few short rules for this 
kind of work may serve the purpose. 


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First, study the Atrophia Pilorum Propria in 
the third chapter. Then, if you find that the hair is 
split, part it in the center and comb each side down. 
Take one lock at a time and cut off from one to 
three or four inches, depending upon how far the 
hair has split. Continue on one side until every 
hair has been cut; then turn to the other side and 
perform the same operation. As soon as the hair 
splits again, have it trimmed just enough to cut off 
that portion of it which has split. It may be deter¬ 
mined whether the hair has begun to split, in the 
following manner: 

Comb the hair down on the sides and back, 
leaving it loose. Then pick out a few of the 
longest hairs from the back and sides. Examine 
these ends closely in order to see whether they 
are split. After the hair has been trimmed, it 
should be singed. 

Singeing 

The process of burning the ends of the hair 
is what we call singeing. By singeing the hair, the 
pores or ends are closed, thereby preventing the 
marrow or fluid from disappearing. It also gives 
the hair a livelier appearance. 

In the nineteenth and also in the first part of 
the twentieth century, alcohol burners and gas 
lighting tapers were used. In our modern time, 
nothing but wax tapers are being used, and they are 
recommended by all barbers and hairdressers. They 
may be purchased in small packages in any barber 
supply house, for ten or fifteen cents each. Two 


82 Prevention of Falling Hair 

tapers should be sufficient to singe any head of 
hair. After the hair has been singed, the burnt 
ends should be brushed off, preventing their falling 
down on the neck. 

It is not advisable to singe your own hair. 
Even though two or more mirrors are being used, it 
is very difficult and even dangerous. Employ 
somebody who knows the work and one who is 
careful. The writer saw an accident of this sort 
which happened in San Francisco many years ago, 
and which could easily have terminated fatally. 
Take no chances, therefore, with poorly educated 
and unskilled barbers or hairdressers. 

Shampooing 

Before taking a shampoo, comb the hair with 
a fine comb. In the back of the head and also on 
the crown, where the hair pins and combs have 
been rubbing against the corium, more dead tissues 
and sometimes dandruff will have accumulated than 
in any other part of the scalp. All this waste sub¬ 
stance should be removed without irritating the 
hair-bulbs. 

In giving a shampoo, the hair should be 
combed out well. Liquid shampoo or some harm¬ 
less soap will do. If liquid is used, it ought to be 
placed in a barber’s bottle. A cork that may fit any 
other bottle you already have on hand, may be pur¬ 
chased in a barber supply house. If you do the 
work yourself, hold the bottle in the right hand. 
The rubbing is being done with the left hand. Pour 
on a small portion at a time. A sufficient amount 


Ladies’ Hair and Scalptreatment 


83 


must be used in order that the hair may be thor¬ 
oughly wet. Afterward pour on water, so as to mix 
the shampoo-soap and make it thinner. Do not get 
the lather too thin, nor too thick. Rub first on 
the crown with both hands working in opposite di¬ 
rections, then on the sides. Now gather the hair 
up from the back and the sides of the head, and ap¬ 
ply shampoo and water until the hair is thoroughly 
lathered. While holding the hair over or in front 
of the head, rub it lightly between the hands with¬ 
out allowing it to tangle. After the hair and scalp 
have been thoroughly rubbed, rinse out in temper¬ 
ate warm water. Cleanse the scalp first, and after¬ 
ward the hair-shaft. Mix a little lemon juice or 
vinegar in the last warm water, in order to get 
all the lather or soap out, otherwise the hair is 
liable to become sticky in drying. 

After the hair has thus been rinsed, wring out 
as much water as possible and then dry it a little 
with a towel; this will prevent the water from run¬ 
ning down the neck or into the eyes. Now let the 
hair fall down over the back and sides, and dry it 
with a fan. If a gas or an electric hair dryer is 
used, it will only require from fifteen to twenty 
minutes for drying. Some ladies dry their hair by 
allowing the sun to shine upon it. This is the best 
way to dry the hair, if you have time. Combing the 
hair while the drying process is going on is also 
recommended. In this manner the whole hair-shaft 
is being dried at the same time. 

The hair should afterward be brushed with a 
medium stiff brush, one that does not irritate the 


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Prevention of Falling Hair 


scalp. The comb should only be used for dividing 
and parting purposes, except the fine comb which 
is used in combing out the tissues or dandruff. If 
the hair should happen to get snarled, brush it un¬ 
til it becomes disentangled. Combing might break 
it, pull and hurt the scalp. Brushing the hair will 
also help to distribute the sebum, and thereby make 
the hair look rich, beautiful, and healthy. 

There are various kinds of liquid shampoo, as 
well as shampoo-soap. One is just as good as the 
other. None of them can do more than clean the 
hair and scalp. 

If soap is used for the shampoo, it should be 
rubbed on the head at the same time the water is 
applied. Then when sufficient lather is obtained, 
rub the hair and scalp as you would in giving a 
liquid shampoo, and rinse out and dry in the same 
way. 

Dry shampoo is hardly ever heard of at the 
present time, alcohol being very expensive and diffi¬ 
cult to obtain. People have also come to the con¬ 
clusion that an alcohol shampoo does not benefit 
the hair more than a common ordinary shampoo; 
and also that too much alcohol is injurious to the 
hair. A shampoo of this kind is not washed out, as 
the hair is first soaked with alcohol, and afterward 
rubbed until dry. The benefit received from an 
alcohol shampoo is therefore very small. 

Diseases 

Ladies’ diseases of the hair are nearly the same 
as those of a man. It is therefore unnecessary to 


Ladies’ Hair and Scalptreatment 


85 


describe them again in this chapter. The treatment 
for these diseases is also the same, and we would 
therefore advise you, in case you are afflicted with 
some hair or scalp disease, to study the second and 
third chapters, and follow their rules and regula¬ 
tions. 


CHAPTER VI. 


CHILDREN’S HAIR and SCALPTREAT- 

MENT 

Hair Cutting 

The child’s hair is, in many instances, neg¬ 
lected, when it ought to receive closer attention 
than that of a grown person. If the hair does not 
receive the proper treatment when the child is 
small, it will be weak and thin, and begin to fall 
out at the age of maturity. This might, in many 
instances, leave the young man bald at the age of 
twenty or twenty-five. The following simple rules 
should be adhered to for the love, obligation, and 
responsibility to the children. 

First, a few weeks after the child is born, have 
the fine hairs cut off close to the scalp. Continue 
this once every month the first year. After the 
child is one year the hair may be left a little longer, 
so as to be combed, but not over two inches long. 
It should, however, be cut continuously every four 
weeks or oftener, as repeated cutting will make the 
hair thick -and strong, and promote its growth. 

When the child is about one and a half years 
old, the hair should be “bobbed.” By this is meant 
that the hair is parted in the center, combed down 
in the back, and on the sides. It is then being cut 
above the ears and around the head, with a pair 
of shears. The hair in front may be combed down 
in the forehead, and cut off from two to three 


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inches above the eyes. The hair in the front is 
called bangs. A pair of clippers is afterward used 
in cutting the hair on the neck, and sides. 

When another year has elapsed, and the child 
is about two years of age, the hair may be left a 
little longer, especially if the child is a girl. It 
should, at this time, be cut in such a manner, as to 
cover half of the ear. The bangs may also be left 
longer, in proportion to the length of the hair. 

In this way the hair is gradually growing long¬ 
er, as the child grows older. A gill’s hair is thus 
cut below the ears at the age of four or five, and 
continued in this manner until the girl is ten, 
twelve, and sometimes fourteen. When the hair is 
cut in this way, it is called Dutch cut. 

The boy’s hair may be bobbed above the ears 
until he is four or five years old. After this time 
it may be cut short, the clippers being used half 
way up towards the crown in the back, and on the 
sides, leaving it just long enough in the front to 
be combed. This style is called a medium boy’s 
hair cut. A continuation of this style of hair cut 
is urged until the boy is in his fourteenth or 
fifteenth year, when the hair may be cut in the 
same manner, as that of a man. 

Washing, or Shampooing 

A child’s head and hair should be washed 
every day the first year; every other day the sec¬ 
ond; and at least once a week the third year, and 
during the entire lifetime. Oftener if necessary. 


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There should be no need of fear, as to the pos¬ 
sibility of the child catching cold, even though the 
performance takes place in a cold room, and even if 
the water is cold. Children, as well as grown peo¬ 
ple, may become so accustomed to cold water baths, 
that they enjoy them immensely, and may become 
strong and vigorous people after they have grown 
up. 

The writer is reminded of a lady in his home¬ 
town, who sometimes used to bathe her little baby 
boy in the open sea. When in the winter the sea 
was covered with ice, she went down to the pier, 
made a' little hole in the ice with a stave or an ax, 
dipped the boy down into that ice-cold water, 
wrapped a shawl around him, and carried him 
home. That boy grew up and became a strong 
and healthy man. This occurrence, of course, was 
an extreme case, and will not be repeated by any 
mother who loves her child tenderly. It goes to 
show, however, that a child may be trained and 
become accustomed to almost any mode of living, 
and still develop into a strong, and healthy man 
or woman. 

Finger Manipulation of the Scalp 

It may seem curious, but it is a fact that some 
children have not the proper blood-circulation in the 
head and scalp. They are like many grown per¬ 
sons, with various diseases, which hamper the cir¬ 
culation. Manipulation of the scalp is therefore 
necessary, in order to assist the flow of the blood 
through the veins in the scalp. 


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These manipulations should be given very 
gently, on account of the child's tender skull, and 
not before the child is one year of age. A healthy 
and robust child needs no head massages, because 
if the child is in good health, the blood is also 
healthy, and consequently circulates properly. Mas¬ 
sage will, though, if given a healthy child, aid the 
thickness and growth of the hair, and make the 
scalp durable permanently. 

If these simple rules are followed, the child 
will have a strong, healthy, and thick head of hair, 
which he certainly will appreciate throughout life. 

CONCLUSION 

We have now studied the skin with its layers, 
blood-vessels, lymph-vessels, etc., and this study 
was made the basis for the chapter which followed. 

Here we noticed the wonderful development 
and growth of the hair. The cause of gray and 
white hair was also studied, for which there is no 
known cure, as yet. 

Certain direct causes of falling hair have been 
presented, all of which slowly but surely play their 
part in making a man bald. He is also rendered 
miserable, unhappy and wretched on account of 
the inability to prevent the hair from falling; poor, 
depressed, needy, because of the fact that time, 
money and energy have been dissipated in the ef¬ 
fort to stop the hair from falling. 

Several mental diseases have also been noted. 
We believe that a person who suffers from some 
kind of mental sickness, will have a harder and more 


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difficult task to prevent the unnatural falling of 
his hair, than one who has a sound and healthy 
body. 

Then, again, we have studied various rules 
which have described how the hair may be stopped 
from falling. The direct treatment described is 
necessary for the prevention of falling hair, and 
works directly upon the hair and scalp. But we 
have also found that the indirect treatment cannot 
be omitted for this reason that it restores and builds 
up the physical and mental to health and vigor. It 
is therefore logical to procure soundness of body 
and mind, and if this is done it will be compara¬ 
tively easy to prevent the falling of hair. Many 
persons, however, are physically and mentally 
sound, but their hair is disappearing from their 
heads very rapidly. It would only be necessary for 
them to follow the direct treatment for the hair and 
scalp, provided that they take physical culture, and 
their falling hair would stop immediately. 

Ladies’ hair and scalp treatment has been ex¬ 
plained in a simple way. Although the lady’s hair 
of the head is a little different from that of a man, 
it is being treated in nearly the same manner. Cer¬ 
tain rules described for men, are also recommended 
for the ladies. All will help to improve the beauty 
of the hair, and also prevent its disappearance. 

We have also seen how important it is to give 
the child’s hair as close attention as possible. It 
is the duty of all parents to take good care of their 
children’s hair and scalp. 


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If there should be some rules which the reader 
cannot for some reason or other follow as closely 
as he would like, let him not forget the most im¬ 
portant one of them all: Manipulation of the scalp. 
If the other rules should be followed and this one 
omitted, the hair would fall out the same as before. 
Let him do his best and practice; practice will make 
him patient and patience will make him perfect. 


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